Word Meanings - MAJORGENERAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

• Divisionally
  So as to be divisional.
• Generalship
  The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
• ABOVECITED
  Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
• Divisionary
  Divisional.
• Generalty
  Generality.
• ABOVEMENTIONEDABOVENAMED
  Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
• Divisionor
  One who divides or makes division.
• BRIGADIERGENERAL
  An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
• Aboveboard
  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
• HOLDERFORTH
  One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.
• Above-cited
  Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
• Generalia
  Generalities; general terms.
• LIEUTENANTGENERAL
  . An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. Note: In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had been conferred only on George Washington and (in brevet) on Winfield Scott. In 1864 it was revived by Congres
• Abovedeck
  On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.
• Generalissimo
  The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.

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