general headquarters
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of general headquarters
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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The explosions shook the city and French general headquarters, less than 5,000 yards away.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
Then, as always, London was the general headquarters.
From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry
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