generalship

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   skill or performance in commanding an army and directing military operations

   Her careful generalship preserved the army until reinforcements arrived.

2. 2
   noun

   the rank, office, or authority of a military general

   He attained the generalship after three decades of service.

Formed in English from general and -ship, a suffix denoting an office, condition, or skill. It first named the office of a general and soon also came to denote the quality and practice of military command.

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