Genl.

American  

abbreviation

1. General.

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Genl British  

abbreviation

1. General or general

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Example Sentences

Van Ness relayed the new terms on June 25, 1804: “Col: Burr required a General disavowal of any intention on the part of Genl Hamilton in his various conversations to convey impressions derogatory to the honor of M. Burr.”

From Literature

Now, however, Burr would be satisfied with nothing less than a wholesale and unqualified apology for all previous remarks about his personal and political character: “No denial or declaration will be satisfactory,” Van Ness explained, “unless it be general, so as to wholly exclude the idea that rumors derogatory to Col. Burr’s honor have originated with Genl Hamilton or have been fairly inferred from anything he has said.”

From Literature

If any doubt had ever existed it would have been removed by the following circumstances: 1st When Genl.

From Literature

Mulligan thereafter called himself “Clothier to Genl. Washington,” but the tailor did not advertise his other service to the general.

From Literature

“No damage was done to the buildings on grounds except that the roofs of the Manufactures Building leaked on the east side, and we stayed there until midnight covering up goods. One of the papers says that Genl Davis was on hand and attending to things & that he never left the building till all was safe. Of course Mr. D had nothing whatever to do with it.”

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