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Webster 1913 Edition
Generalship
Gen′er-al-ship
,Noun.
1.
The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; – sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
Your
generalship
puts me in mind of Prince Eugene. Goldsmith.
2.
Military skill in a general officer or commander.
3.
Fig.: Leadership; management.
An artful stroke of
generalship
in Trim to raise a dust. Sterne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Generalship
GEN'ERALSHIP
,Noun.
Definition 2024
generalship
generalship
English
Noun
generalship (plural generalships)
- The position or office of a general. [from 16th c.]
- The term of office of a military general. [from 17th c.]
- George Washington's generalship was marked by both amazing victories and stunning blunders, neither of which would have happened to someone with more formal officer training.
- The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy. [from 17th c.]
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 277:
- At the same time, awed by the brilliant and daring generalship which had enabled the Russian to capture their city with so small a force, the elders gave him the honorific title of ‘Lion of Tashkent’.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 136:
- Virtually the whole of the region fell to Saxe's ingenious generalship.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 277:
- By extension, leadership, good management. [from 18th c.]
- Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.