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lieutenant general

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
lieu-tenan-t -gen-er-al
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.

noun

A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of lieutenant general (found when the term is used as a title).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

lieutenant generals (plural) lieutenants general (plural)

Derived Forms

LGen Lt.Gen. LtGen

Phrases

Lieutenant General Lt Gen Lt.-Gen. Lt. Gen. Lt-Gen

Questions

What does lieutenant general mean?
A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.

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