major general
noun
a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
major-generalcy
-
a word derived from
major general.
Example Sentences
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He had risen to a major-generalcy when he was retired for age in 1908.
From Time Magazine Archive
He feels very sore at the rumored intentions to relieve him, and the major-generalcy does not cicatrize the wound.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
