noun
an officer holding the highest rank in the army
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Hindenburg, ↑Paul von Hindenburg, ↑Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, ↑Joffre, ↑Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, ↑Kitchener, ↑Herbert Kitchener, ↑Horatio Herbert Kitchener, ↑First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, ↑Kutuzov, ↑Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov, ↑Prince of Smolensk, ↑Rommel, ↑Erwin Rommel, ↑Desert Fox, ↑Rundstedt, ↑von Rundstedt, ↑Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, ↑Wavell, ↑Archibald Percival Wavell, ↑First Earl Wavell
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noun, pl ⋯ -shals [count]
: the highest ranking military officer in the British Army
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an officer of the highest rank in the British army
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Field Marshal Montgomery
Useful english dictionary. 2012.