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colonel general

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գեներալ-գնդապետ (general-gndapet) — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大將 /大将 (dàjiàng) — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一級上將 /一级上将 — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Czech: generálplukovník — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • German: Generaloberst — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Hungarian: vezérezredes — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Portuguese: coronel-general — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Russian: генера́л-полко́вник (generál-polkóvnik) — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Swedish: generalöverste — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Ukrainian: генера́л-полко́вник (henerál-polkóvnyk) — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries
  • Uzbek: general-polkovnik — a general officer's rank in some nations' militaries