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‖ generalissimo|dʒeneraˈlissimo, ˌdʒɛnərəˈlɪsɪməʊ|
[a. It. generalissimo, superl. of generale general.]
The supreme commander of a combined force as well naval as military, or of several armies in the field.
1621Roe Let. 7/17 Dec. in Cabala (1654) I. 158 They..are returned to the Port, where Don Philibert of Savoy Generalissimo is present. 1647E. Brabazon Let. to J. Moore in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. iv. 83 Sr. Tho. Fairfax is lately voted Generalissimo of all the forces of England and Ireland. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. viii. §258 That Commission of Generalissimo was likewise given to the Prince. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour III. 85 They chuse one of the nobility for generalissimo at sea. 1800Weems Washington i. (1877) 6 His fame as Generalissimo of the armies and first President of the councils of his nation. 1878Simpson Sch. Shaks. I. 90 Philip was then deeply engaged in the league against the Turk, of which his brother Don John of Austria was generalissimo.
transf. and fig.1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iv. xvii. 326 He acknowledgeth God the Generalissimo of all armies. 1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1647) 114 Mistris Hutchinson, the Generalissimo, the high Priestesse of the new religion. 1697J. Woodward Relig. Soc. i. (1701) 11 The King..will enter the lists against profaneness and immorality, as the Generalissimo of those who join in this honourable work. |