Genl.
abbreviation
General.
Showing results for Genl..
Search instead for
Gentl.
Genl.
Americanabbreviation
Genl
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Mulligan thereafter called himself “Clothier to Genl. Washington,” but the tailor did not advertise his other service to the general.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
Genl., however, is doing all he can to restore it to its former dignity, and were he well seconded, Granada might again hope to become one of the brightest ornaments of Spain.
From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Stanley, Edward
The Genl. said he would see about the matter, and give an answer the next morning.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.
The officers at the Ferry guard to stop all arms coming over the Ferry to the island, & report immediately to the Genl. who has them & where they say they are going.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.
Lieutenant Barker gives the reason why in the latter case nothing was done: "the Genl. hearing that they had got intelligence and reinforced that place with 4000 men."
From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
