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noun
a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
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Origin of major general
First recorded in 1635â45
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How to use major general in a sentence
He died of kidney cancer on March 8, 2017, as a retired, revered and decorated major general.
He rose to the rank of major general and led his troops in an 1864 attack that became known as the Fort Pillow Massacre.
To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.
âThey are hypocritical on this very issue,â Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.
Iraq may have been an irregular fight, but it had major moments.
It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.
A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.
To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.
General Lachambre, as the hero of Cavite, followed to receive the applause which was everywhere showered upon him in Spain.
British Dictionary definitions for major general
noun
military an officer immediately junior to a lieutenant general
Derived forms of major general
major-generalship or major-generalcy, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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