general headquarters

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

plural

general headquarters

1. the headquarters of the commanding officer of a large military force. GHQ, G.H.Q.

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Etymology

Origin of general headquarters

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

"Can nobody," asked the Daily Mirror, "dampen the airy-fairy optimism of the military spokesman at general headquarters in Cairo?"

From Time Magazine Archive

But, from general headquarters right down through the 70-odd plants scattered the length & breadth of the land, the whole Allied personnel had one thing in common: Fear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spaniards, upon taking stock of Abd-el-Krim's former general headquarters at Ajdir, became aware that the Riffian war lord had furnished himself with many of the commonplaces of European existence.

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

The commander-in-chief and his staff occupy what is called the general headquarters of the army, which is stationed in some town behind the area in which fighting is actually going on.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward