Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rank, office, or tenure of a general.
- noun Leadership or skill in the conduct of a war.
- noun Skillful management or leadership.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a general.
- noun The management of an army; the military skill or conduct of a commander.
- noun Hence Management or tactics generally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
- noun Military skill in a general officer or commander.
- noun Fig.: Leadership; management.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the office and authority of a general
- noun the leadership ability of a military general
Etymologies
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Examples
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"For which I think him," Balastro, as if the generalship were his.
Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002
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Bothwell had never lost a battle, and his generalship was the foremost in the land.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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Bothwell had never lost a battle, and his generalship was the foremost in the land.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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Now, in these years of changing fortune, when the King himself experienced such bitter vicissitudes of the fortune of war, his generalship was the astonishment of all the armies of Europe.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various
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What mainly was wrong with our generalship was the system which put the High Command into the hands of a group of men belonging to the old school of war, unable, by reason of their age and traditions, to get away from rigid methods and to become elastic in face of new conditions.
Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919
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The period of his generalship was the most notable in the history of the Society for the men it produced, and the work it accomplished.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Patty looked at her with a wondering admiration, for she always admired capability, and Mrs. Allen was exhibiting what might almost be called generalship in her house that day.
Patty's Summer Days Carolyn Wells 1902
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You would have said, indeed, at the first glance, that it rejected the idea of generalship _in toto_.
Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee John Esten Cooke 1858
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"He has that capacity to recognise when is the moment you are going to take a risk like that, and that is something called generalship."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Christopher Hope 2011
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He has that capacity to recognise when is the moment you are going to take a risk like that, and that is something called generalship.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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