generalofficer (pluralgeneral officers)

1. (military) An officer above the rank ofcolonel.[from 17th c.]
   • 1791,Charlotte Smith,Celestina, Broadview, published2004, page177:

     The former of these young men had been adopted by his uncle, who, after a life passed in the army, had died ageneral officer at a very advanced age, and had left his nephew his whole fortune[…].

• (US):general

• flag officer

• “general officer”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “officer”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

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