单词 | lord high general |
释义 | > as lemmasLord High General Lord General n. now historical (more fully Lord High General) (the title of) a commander-in-chief. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief captain of the warc1450 captain-general1514 general of the army1548 Lord General1577 generalissimo1621 generalissimus1637 Commander-in-chief1655 war-lord1856 officer commanding-in-chief1859 C. in C.1889 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1473/2 The Lord generall aduertized that the soldiours began to gather in companyes. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 116 [The Colonel] ought to know how to performe the parts and office of a Lord high Generall. 1705 J. Michelborne Ireland Preserv'd ii. Epil. 189 Lord General of all Their Majesty's Forces. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. x. 146 The parliament having given him a commission as lord general of all the forces in the three kingdoms. 2003 Times (Nexis) 2 May (Features section) 25 Thomas, Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Lord General of the Parliament Army. < as lemmas |
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