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GENERAL OFFICER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("general officer" is a kind of...):
commissioned military officer (a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "general officer"):
brigadier; brigadier general (a general officer ranking below a major general)
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
lieutenant general (a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general)
major-general (a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general)
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