general headquarters
Americannoun
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general headquarters
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Etymology
Origin of general headquarters
First recorded in 1855–60
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Meanwhile, satellite images appear to show extensive damage to the IRGC's naval headquarters and its general headquarters in the eastern suburbs of Tehran.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
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
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
At the general headquarters of the American Army in France the members of the graduating class of the Lycee presented to the American Commander a marvelously bound volume of episodes in the history of France.
From The Story of General Pershing by Everett T.
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