general officer
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general officer (plural general officers)
- (military) An officer above the rank of colonel. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 177:
- The former of these young men had been adopted by his uncle, who, after a life passed in the army, had died a general officer at a very advanced age, and had left his nephew his whole fortune […] .
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- (US): general
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- “general officer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “officer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.