Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

general court-martial

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: gen-er-al -court--mar-tial
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The most serious type of military trial in the US armed forces, equivalent to a civilian felony court.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

general court-martials (plural)

Questions

What does general court-martial mean?: The most serious type of military trial in the US armed forces, equivalent to a civilian felony court.

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