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Definition: Lieutenant General |
Lieutenant GeneralNoun1. A general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Public Administration | General Officer, category OF-8, Army, UK. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant general is a three-star general. The comparable rank in the US Navy is Vice Admiral.
See also: wiktionary definition of General. Comparative military ranks
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lieutenant General."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lieutenant General |
| English words defined with "lieutenant general": colonel ♦ Major general, major-general. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lieutenant general": Poyning's Law. (references) |
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![]() | Ambrose P. Hill Confederate Lieutenant General Head of Coast Survey Drawing Division from 1855-1861.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Lieutenant General Paul V. Hester and Mr Douglas Smith. |
![]() | With other flag and general officers, at CinCPac Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1944. Those present are (left to right): Admiral Nimitz; Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons, U.S. Army; Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN; Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN and Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, U.S. Army.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Receives the congratulations of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, upon being presented with the Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his service as Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 December 1936 to 1 January 1944. The presentation took place in Secretary Knox' office on 12 April 1944. Looking on are Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant of the Marine Corps (right) and Colonel James Roosevelt.Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, in uniform] / U.S. Army Signal Corps.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, Commanding General of the United States Fifth Army, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Allied military conference in India. Following a session of the Allied military conferences held recently in India, two of the U.S. Army delegates stop to chat. At left is Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, in command of Service of Supply for the U.S. A.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Top-ranking Anglo-American army officials meet in New Delhi, India. Left to right: Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell; Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, commanding all U.S. Army troops in China, Burma, and India; Lieutenant General H.H. "Hap" Arnold,.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Lieutenant General Pennefather & orderly.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Lieutenant General Barnard, C.B., Captain Barnard & servants.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey | Any recruiter will tell you that the incentive for enlistment is that it [being drafted] is inevitable if you don't. |
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Economic History | Democratic Republic of Congo | Unrest and rebellion plagued the government until 1965, when Lieutenant General Mobutu, by then commander in chief of the national army, again seized control of the country and declared himself president for 5 years. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | The 1989 military coup that overthrew Sudan's democratically elected government brought to power Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and his National Salvation Revolution Command Council (RCC). Bashir and the RCC suspended the 1985 Constitution, abrogated press freedom, and disbanded all political parties and trade unions. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "lieutenant general"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Gjneral-lejtnant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فريق في الجيش, فريق (party, squad, team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | "енерал-лейтенант. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 中將 (air marshal, vice admiral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | generálporuèík. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luitenant-generaal (Air Marshall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | général de corps d'armée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Generalleutnant (Air Marshall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντιστρατηγόσ, αντιπτεράρχοσ (air marshal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רב אלוף (general). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Fõparancsnok (commander in chief, general-in-chief, generalissimo), Altábornagy (air marshal, brigadier general, lieutenant-general, lt. gen.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tenente generale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 陸将 (general), 中将 (vice-admiral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りくしょう (army minister, general), ちゅうじょう (in the shape of a pillar or column, inner feelings, true heart, vice-admiral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aaghineraal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ieutenantlay eneralgay capitão de fragata. (various references) general locotenent. (various references) Наместник, "енерал-лейтенант. (various references) general-pukovnik (colonel-general). (various references) teniente general (air marshal). (various references) Generallöjtnant (air marshal). (various references) korgeneral (air marshal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proper Noun Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-n-n-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: Lieutenant-general. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 65 75 74 65 6E 61 6E 74      47 65 6E 65 72 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100101 01110101 01110100 01100101 01101110 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i e u t e n a n t   G e n e r a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0065 0075 0074 0065 006E 0061 006E 0074      0047 0065 006E 0065 0072 0061 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46757187867180678086241718071846778 |
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