lieutenant general

lieutenant general

n.1. A commissioned rank in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above major general and below general.2. One who holds this rank.

lieutenant general

n (Military) an officer holding commissioned rank in certain armies, air forces, and marine corps, immediately junior to a general

lieuten′ant gen′eral

n. a commissioned army or air force officer ranking above a major general. [1480–90]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lieutenant general - a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full generalarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"general officer - officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel

Translations

luitenant-generaalгенерал-лейтенант