Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rank, appointment, authority, or tenure of a general.
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- noun The rank or office of a
general .
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- noun the office and authority of a general
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Examples
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He had prized a lieutenant generalcy since the organization of cavalry corps.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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He had prized a lieutenant generalcy since the organization of cavalry corps.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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For Stuart, the formation of a corps brought with it the prospect of a lieutenant generalcy for himself.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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For Stuart, the formation of a corps brought with it the prospect of a lieutenant generalcy for himself.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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But, unhappily, Government would not re-enforce Johnston -- even to the very limited extent it might; and Mr. Davis promoted Pemberton to a lieutenant-generalcy and sent him to Vicksburg.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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Meanwhile, Grant, elevated to a lieutenant-generalcy, had been transferred to the Potomac frontier; and men, money, supplies -- without stint or limit -- had been placed at his disposal.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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General J.E. B. Stuart had by his successful conduct of the cavalry, no less than by his personal gallantry, worked his way from the colonelcy he held at Manassas to a major-generalcy of all that arm of the Virginia army.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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This confirmed him; and soon after I recommended him for a brigadier-generalcy in the regular army, and it was given to him for this victory.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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I was not aware of the reasons for this course, and therefore strongly recommended him for a major-generalcy.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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