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A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.
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Alternative letter-case form of lieutenant general (found when the term is used as a title).
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Usage: alt-of
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a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: general officer
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Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
luitenant generaal
— an officer above major general and below general
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Arabic:
فريق
(farīq)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Armenian:
գեներալ-լեյտենանտ
(general-leytenant)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Bulgarian:
генерал-лейтенант
(general-lejtenant)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Chinese Mandarin:
中將 /中将
(zhōngjiàng)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Czech:
generálporučík
— an officer above major general and below general
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Danish:
generalløjtnant
— an officer above major general and below general
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Dutch:
luitenant-generaal
— an officer above major general and below general
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Estonian:
kindralleitnant
— an officer above major general and below general
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Finnish:
kenraaliluutnantti
— an officer above major general and below general
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French:
général de corps d'armée
— an officer above major general and below general
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French:
lieutenant général
— an officer above major general and below general
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Galician:
tenente xeneral
— an officer above major general and below general
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Georgian:
გენერალ ლეიტენანტი
(general leiṭenanṭi)
— an officer above major general and below general
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German:
Generalleutnant
— an officer above major general and below general
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Greek:
αντιστράτηγος
(antistrátigos)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Greek:
αντιπτέραρχος
(antiptérarchos)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Hungarian:
altábornagy
— an officer above major general and below general
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Indonesian:
letnan jenderal
— an officer above major general and below general
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Japanese:
中将
— an officer above major general and below general
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Japanese:
陸将
— an officer above major general and below general
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Korean:
중장
(jungjang)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Latvian:
ģenerālleitnants
— an officer above major general and below general
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Lithuanian:
generolas leitenantas
— an officer above major general and below general
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Malay:
leftenan jeneral
— an officer above major general and below general
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Manx:
aaghineraal
— an officer above major general and below general
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Polish:
generał broni
— an officer above major general and below general
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Polish:
generał porucznik
— an officer above major general and below general
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Polish:
generał-lejtnant
— an officer above major general and below general
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Portuguese:
tenente-general
— an officer above major general and below general
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Romanian:
general-locotenent
— an officer above major general and below general
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Russian:
генерал-лейтенант
(general-lejtenant)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Slovak:
generálporučík
— an officer above major general and below general
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Spanish:
teniente general
— an officer above major general and below general
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Swahili:
luteni jenerali
— an officer above major general and below general
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Swedish:
generallöjtnant
— an officer above major general and below general
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Tagalog:
tenyente heneral
— an officer above major general and below general
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Turkish:
korgeneral
— an officer above major general and below general
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Ukrainian:
генерал-лейтенант
(heneral-lejtenant)
— an officer above major general and below general
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Uzbek:
general-leytenant
— an officer above major general and below general