Generalship
[dʒʌnәrәlʃip]
Definition
(noun.) the office and authority of a general.
(noun.) the leadership ability of a military general.
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Definition
(n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
(n.) Military skill in a general officer or commander.
(n.) Fig.: Leadership; management.
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Examples
- Early had invited this attack himself by his bad generalship and made the victory easy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I know just enough about the Mexican war to approve heartily of most of the generalship, but to differ with a little of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here General Sheridan displayed great generalship. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lions led by a deer are not dangerous, quoth Justinian grimly, on seeing this bad generalship. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I have every confidence in your generalship. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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