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major general

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Alternative forms

major-general
Maj. Gen. (titular abbreviation)
maj. gen. (nominal abbreviation)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the very pattern of a modern Major-General”, in The Pirates of Penzance […], Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC, page 17:
  In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy-- [...] You'll say a better major-general has never sat agee.
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Usage notes

When used as a title, it is always capitalized.

Example: Major General John Doe.

The rank corresponds to pay grade O-8. Abbreviations: MG.

Translations

a military officer

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Afrikaans: majoor generaalCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#MAJORGENERAL
Albanian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Albanian#MAJORGENERAL
Arabic: لواءCategory:Terms with Arabic translations#MAJORGENERAL
Armenian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Armenian#MAJORGENERAL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 少將 / 少将 (zh) (shàojiàng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MAJORGENERAL
Czech: generálmajor (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#MAJORGENERAL
Danish: generalmajor (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#MAJORGENERAL
Estonian: kindralmajorCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#MAJORGENERAL
Finnish: kenraalimajuri (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MAJORGENERAL
French: général de division (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#MAJORGENERAL, major-général (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#MAJORGENERAL (Canada), général-major mCategory:Terms with French translations#MAJORGENERAL (Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi)
German: Generalmajor (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#MAJORGENERAL, Generalmajorin fCategory:Terms with German translations#MAJORGENERAL
Greek: υποστράτηγος (el) (ypostrátigos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#MAJORGENERAL (army), υποπτέραρχος (el) (ypoptérarchos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#MAJORGENERAL (airforce)
Hebrew: אַלּוּף (he) m (alúf)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#MAJORGENERAL
Hungarian: vezérőrnagy (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAJORGENERAL, generálmajorCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAJORGENERAL
Indonesian: mayor jenderalCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#MAJORGENERAL
Japanese: 少将 (ja) (しょうしょう)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MAJORGENERAL, 陸将補 (りくしょうほ)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MAJORGENERAL (in JGSDF)
Khmer: ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ (ŏttâmôséniy toŭ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#MAJORGENERAL
Korean: 소장(少將) (ko) (sojang)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MAJORGENERAL
Latvian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Latvian#MAJORGENERAL
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Lithuanian#MAJORGENERAL
Macedonian: генерал мајор m (general major)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#MAJORGENERAL
Malay: mejar jeneralCategory:Terms with Malay translations#MAJORGENERAL
Marathi: मेजर जनरल m (mejar janral)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#MAJORGENERAL
Polish: generał major mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MAJORGENERAL
Romanian: general-maior mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#MAJORGENERAL
Russian: генера́л-майо́р (ru) m (generál-majór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MAJORGENERAL
Slovak: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Slovak#MAJORGENERAL
Swahili: meja jeneraliCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#MAJORGENERAL
Swedish: generalmajor (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MAJORGENERAL
Turkish: tümgeneral (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#MAJORGENERAL
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Ukrainian#MAJORGENERAL
Uzbek: general-mayor (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#MAJORGENERAL

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