Library / English Dictionary

GENERAL OFFICER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("general officer" is a kind of...):

commissioned military officer (a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "general officer"):

brigadier; brigadier general (a general officer ranking below a major general)

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

lieutenant general (a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general)

major-general (a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general)

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