English > full general: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A general officer of the highest rank. |
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| Synonym | general |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Instances | Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola | Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) |
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| Alcibiades | ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC) |
| Antigonus, Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos | A general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia |
| Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius | Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars |
| Arnold, Benedict Arnold | United States general and traitor in the American Revolution |
| Belisarius | Byzantine general under Justinian I |
| Belshazzar | (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II |
| Bolivar, Simon Bolivar, El Libertador | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule |
| Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley | United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981) |
| Bragg, Braxton Bragg | Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876) |
| Burgoyne, John Burgoyne, Gentleman Johnny | British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) |
| Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside | United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881) |
| Caesar, Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar | conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) |
| Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng | Chinese military and political figure |
| Churchill, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough | English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) |
| Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark | United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984) |
| Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz | Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831) |
| Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay | United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) |
| Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey | British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) |
| Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis | commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence |
| Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides | English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) |
| Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland | English general |
| Custer, George Armstrong Custer, General Custer | United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) |
| Dayan, Moshe Dayan | Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) |
| Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes | son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia |
| Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle | United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) |
| Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy | British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) |
| Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower | United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany |
| Eugene, Prince Eugene of Savoy | Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) |
| Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius | Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way |
| Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, General Franco | Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) |
| Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi | Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) |
| Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant | 18th President of the United States |
| Groves, Leslie Richard Groves | United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970) |
| Hannibal | general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War |
| Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris | British marshal of the Royal Air Force |
| Hasdrubal | general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain |
| Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg | German field marshal and statesman |
| Holofernes | (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith |
| Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker | United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) |
| Houston, Sam Houston, Samuel Houston | United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863) |
| Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory | 7th president of the US |
| Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson | general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) |
| Johnston, J. E. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston | Confederate general in the American Civil War |
| Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias | Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) |
| Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee | American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) |
| Lucullus, Licinius Lucullus, Lucius Licinius Lucullus | Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC) |
| Luculus, Lucius Licinius Luculus | Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC) |
| Lysander | Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final / final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC) |
| Lysimachus | Macedonian general under Alexander the Great |
| MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur | United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II |
| Marshall, George Marshall, George Catlett Marshall | United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) |
| Meade, George Gordon Meade | United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) |
| Miltiades | Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489) |
| Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell | United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) |
| Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | English general during World War II |
| Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) |
| Ney, Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen | French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) |
| Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing | United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948) |
| Pickett, George Edward Pickett | American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875) |
| Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great | Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) |
| Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell | United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff |
| Rochambeau, Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur | French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) |
| Santa Anna, Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana | Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876) |
| Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe | A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) |
| Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) |
| Scott, Winfield Scott | United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) |
| Seleucus, Seleucus I, Seleucus I Nicator | Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia |
| Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman | United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West |
| Siraj-ud-daula | Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England |
| Stilwell, Joseph Warren Stilwell, Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Uncle Joe | United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946) |
| Sulla, Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix | Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC) |
| Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein | Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634) |
| Washington, George Washington, President Washington | 1st President of the United States |
| Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell | British field marshal in North Africa in World War II |
| Wayne, Anthony Wayne, Mad Anthony Wayne | American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796) |
| Wellington, Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Iron Duke | British general and statesman |
| Xenophon | Greek general and historian |
| Zhukov, Georgi Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov | Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974) |
| de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle | French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) |
| Narrower | Blucher, von Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher | Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819) |
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| Broader | general officer | officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel |
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| Spanish | general |
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| Catalan | general |
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