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general officer

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general officer
n.
An officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking above colonel.
general officer
n
(Military) an officer holding a commission of brigadier's rank or above in the army, air force, or marine corps
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Noun1.general officergeneral officer - officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
brigadier, brigadier general - a general officer ranking below a major general
commissioned military officer - a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
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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This was the same youth who had come to West Point so ignorant that when I asked him, "If a general officer should have a horse shot under him on the field of battle, what ought he to do?
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Following the mimic representative of Hutchinson came a military figure, holding before his face the cocked hat which he had taken from his powdered head; but his epaulettes and other insignia of rank were those of a general officer, and something in his mien reminded the beholders of one who had recently been master of the Province House, and chief of all the land.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The enormous knees of the physician struck each other with a noise that was audible; for, in the absent state of his mind, he mistook her for a general officer, perforated with bullets, hastening from the field of battle to implore assistance.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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