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lieutenant general

noun

, U.S. Military.
  1. a commissioned officer ranking next below a general and next above a major general.


lieutenant general

noun

  1. an officer holding commissioned rank in certain armies, air forces, and marine corps immediately junior to a general


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant general1

First recorded in 1480–90

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Example Sentences

“Stick to your knitting,” in the words of Lieutenant General Leslie Groves, head of the Project.

Lieutenant General Heinrich Kittel recounted these events to a fellow prisoner of war, Felbert, on Dec. 28, 1944.

Petraeus was dating Holly Knowlton, the daughter of the West Point superintendent, Lieutenant General William Knowlton.

Insurgencies, as Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely told me in 2007, are like staircases.

He rapidly rose through the various grades, until he finally held the chief command of the army as lieutenant-general.

In 1800 Massna took his trusty subordinate with him to Italy as lieutenant-general of the centre of the army.

Washington appointed lieutenant general of the armies of the United States.

Lieutenant-General Alison is the youngest by considerable; I think she is about nine and a half or three-quarters.

"The lieutenant-general must have been fully aware of the plans of the Reformers, to have acted as he did," he said in conclusion.

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