general headquarters
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of general headquarters
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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The general headquarters, based in central Kosovo, consists of a dozen or so men who control the political, civil and military operations of the 3,000 to 10,000 rebels.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is an air of melancholy these days about the American Atheists general headquarters on a stretch of Cameron Road.
From Time Magazine Archive
The explosions shook the city and French general headquarters, less than 5,000 yards away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Top generals lunched together in the mess, and around general headquarters it was like an old home week at the war college.
From Time Magazine Archive
An official statement issued by general headquarters in Vienna on July 18 says: On the Bug River, in the region of Sokol, our troops drove the enemy from a series of stubbornly defended places.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various
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