general
Definitions of general
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a farm building for housing horses or other livestocksynonyms: atracción, caballeriza, cuadra, establo, parterre, patio de butacas, platea
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a general officer of the highest rankexamples:Julio Césarconqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)Oliver CromwellEnglish general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)Ulysses Grant18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)Robert Edward LeeAmerican general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)Napoleón BonaparteFrench general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)George Washington1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)type of:oficial generalofficers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
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