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General en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of general in its various senses.
   alt of general
   • You're going to have to tell that to the president yourself, General.
2. The title used by a military general, flag rank officer of the military
   • General Polk stated, with all respect to General Bragg’s great abilities in the direction of organization and discipline, that he had been wanting in the higher elements of generalship in the conduct of the campaign; and that, in view of the admitted possibilities of the campaign, he considered it a failure—an opinion, he said, he believed Generals Smith and Hardee shared with him. He further said that General Bragg had lost the confidence of his generals, and, in answer to a suggestion from the President of a change of commanders, requested that General Joseph E. Johnston should be assigned to the command of the army, if a change were made. 1893, William M[ecklenburg] Polk, “The Kentucky Campaign”, in Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York: […], page 158:
   • The rally was organised to protest against the removal of a statue of General Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War. 2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:

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Deriveds

Captain General · Lieutenant General · Brigadier General · Major General · Colonel General

General en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of General Hospital.
   alt of General Hospital
   • The ambulance is taking him to General. Owerri West General Hospital or Owerri North? Obinze is still in charge of West General. If it's that one, turn it around now.

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