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Word: General
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: via Old French from Latin generalis, from genus, gener- ‘class, race, kind’. The noun primarily denotes a person having overall authority: the sense ‘army commander’ is an abbreviation of captain general, from French capitaine général ‘commander-in-chief’
ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl
a commander of an army, or an army officer of very high rank.
Short Definition:commander of army
the general public.
Short Definition:general public
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