EGAVE

generalship

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The position or office of a general. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun The term of office of a military general.
    George Washington's generalship was marked by both amazing victories and stunning blunders, neither of which would have happened to someone with more formal officer training.
  3. noun The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy.
  4. noun By extension, leadership, good management.
    Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.

Similar words

generalcy general-in-chief general army general gen'ral gen'l strategus major general colonel general captain general

Often followed by

of and in was to on is that had

Word family

generalships

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