| 单词 | general of the army |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral of the army general of the army n. Military a senior military leader, usually a general in command of a nation's army; (in the United States and some other countries) the highest rank of officer in the army, corresponding to the rank of field marshal in the armed forces of various other countries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief captain of the warc1450 captain-general1514 general of the army1548 Lord General1577 generalissimo1621 generalissimus1637 Commander-in-chief1655 war-lord1856 officer commanding-in-chief1859 C. in C.1889 1548General of the armie [see sense B. 6a]. 1654 S. Lennard tr. S. Mazzella Parthenopoeia i. 41 He was in great account with Pope Paul the fourth, by whom he was created in Rome Purveyor of the Store, and General of the Army. 1793 Times 22 Mar. 2 The Duke of Biron, Marshall of France: the Duke of Choifeul, General of the Army. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur iv. xii. 246 And when a consul, general of the army, king, or visiting potentate of any kind arrived at Antioch, quarters were at once assigned him on the island. 1944 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 9/6 (heading) New top rankings voted for services. 4 ‘Generals of the Army’ and 4 ‘Admirals of the Fleet’ created in House bill. 1976 Times 13 Oct. 12/4 He replaces General of the Army Sergei Shtemenko, another Soviet officer. 2007 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 13 Dec. a4 Bradley rose to general of the Army in 1950, only the ninth man to achieve that five-star rank. < as lemmas |
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