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Definition of Generals
1. general [n] - See also: general
Lexicographical Neighbors of Generals
Literary usage of Generals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"BOOK IV. , The Carthaginian generals. Carthaginian inferiority at sea. spoiled all
that by their experience and their skill as veteran soldiers they might ..."
2. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"reached the camp, inveighed bitterly against the BOOK v. cowardice and incapacity
of the generals, which had - ' brought so promising an enterprise to ..."
3. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"But when the arms of the legions were carried to a great distance from Italy,
the generals assumed the liberty of directing them against whatever people, ..."
4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"ATTORNEY generals. REVERDY JOHNSON, of Maryland. Nominated and confirmed 7th
March, 1849. Resigned. ... POSTMASTER generals. JACOB COLLAMER, of Vermont. ..."
5. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1825)
"Never had more numerous naval armies of the Greeks joined battle before.
The ability, experience and valour of the generals who commanded, ..."
6. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"These forces, and whatever else seemed to be required, the generals would make
... Upon this the Athenians at once decreed that the 26. generals should be ..."
7. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... is up stage when the generals rise. *Brutus and Cassius embrace; then Brutus
goes with him to Ri. ..."
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