Major-general

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of major general. alt-of, alternative

    "Hu Jui-chou, an army major-general involved in rescue operations, said those trapped included people buried by a massive landslide in Hsiao Lin, a village of 1,000 in Kaohsiung county. Many were also trapped in a second village, Namahsia."

  2. 2
    a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general wordnet

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aidebrassbrigadiercaptaincolonelcommandant

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"When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, the young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery."

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