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major-general noun. M17.
[French major general, formed as major MAJOR noun1 + general GENERAL adjective.]
Military.
An officer of general rank, ranking below a lieutenant general. M17.
Hist. Any of the officers placed in command of the twelve administrative districts into which England was divided in Cromwell's system of military government (1655-1657). M17.
major-generalcy noun the office or rank of a major-general M19.
major-generalship noun (a) Hist. the district commanded by a major-general; (b) the office or rank of a major-general: L17.