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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation general
  • abbreviation Bible Genesis

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  • proper noun Abbreviation of General.
  • proper noun Abbreviation of Genesis.

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Examples

  • "Rheostat" warfare is the term Gen. David Petraeus used in 2007, after the device that varies the strength of electrical currents.

    Joe Biden's Iraq 'Achievement' Omar Fadhil Al-Nidawi And Austin Bay 2010

  • The GIs understood their role: If the North Koreans ever came south again, they would be the tripwire Washington would need to intervene and send for help--"tripwire" being a term Gen. LaPorte rejected when I asked him to describe their role.

    The Scariest Place 2006

  • It is a heroic name, as heroic and American in its own way as the name of Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley or the name of Benjamin Franklin.

    Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010

  • It is a heroic name, as heroic and American in its own way as the name of Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley or the name of Benjamin Franklin.

    Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010

  • At an event with other members of the group Monday, he called Gen. Petraeus "a consummate warrior" and said he would stake his own life on the general's integrity.

    Republican Iraq Vets 2008

  • President Bush told reporters yesterday that he called Gen. Musharraf and pressed him to push forward with the electoral process and to shed his military uniform.

    Musharraf Seeks U.S. Favor 2007

  • The head of a rebel military delegation who goes by the nom de guerre Gen. Eugenio Manuvakola represented

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • The head of a rebel military delegation who goes by the nom de guerre Gen. Eugenio Manuvakola represented

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • He was referring to Gen. John Allen, the United States and NATO commander in Afghanistan, and to the NATO summit meeting in Lisbon last year at which Western leaders agreed on a transition of responsibility for security to Afghan forces by 2014.

    NYT > Global Home By ROD NORDLAND 2011

  • _and who so very spunkily says that he called Gen. Dunning "a fool."

    A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen" An Elector

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