general of the armies

American  

noun

U.S. Army.

1. a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.

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general of the armies

Gen. James Lawton Collins, who had been an aide to John J. Pershing, the general of the armies, in Mexico and World War I, was the military attaché at the United States Embassy.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021

So as part of the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, President Gerald Ford signed a resolution posthumously promoting Washington to the highest rank ever: general of the armies.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2015

General George Washington died before the rank of general of the armies could be conferred on him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resolved, That the Senate received with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of William T. Sherman, late general of the armies of the United States.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John

But he also had always a keen sensitiveness to the dignity and the prerogatives of the office which he happened to hold, whether it was that of president or general of the armies.

From George Washington, Volume II by Lodge, Henry Cabot