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‖ état-major Obs.|etamaʒɔr| [Fr., f. état state + major, major, adjutant; cf. Sp. estado mayor.] The staff of an army, regiment, etc.; = staff n.1 21. Also transf.
1805Wynne Diaries 1 Dec. (1940) III. vii. 220 Fremantle had still on board Villeneuve's état major (who he says divert him greatly with their gasconnades). 1830Hazlitt Life Nap. Buonaparte IV. xlviii. 29 Lorence, general-in-chief of the état-major, ordered several Jews to be brought before him. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxv. 591 The second floor apartments occupied by the état major of the gambling firm. 1890[see typicality]. |