Usage of "general officer"

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Officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, or marines.

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Uso de general officer en inglés

Those are fine times to make a general officer look about him. 
 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September... 

One of his victims was a general officer, whose horse he killed. 
 Hero Tales from American History 

I became a capitalist, an Athon, a general officer, and finally Kohen. 
 A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder 

God damn it, I'm a general officer and I'm owed some respect. 
 The Kingmaker 

In 1806 was a general officer, and was dismissed the service. 
 Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 10 

Notice of it is immediately given to the general officer who commands there. 
 Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette 

Had the word of a general officer of France been worthless? 
 The bourne identity 

Hooker thus became senior general officer, and succeeded to the command. 
 The Campaign of Chancellorsville 

His classmates all believed he would be the first general officer. 
 Man in the Middle 

Our troops have taken, in retaliation, an English general officer, near New York. 
 Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette 

Ah, there is a general officer with a staff riding into the camp. 
 With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader 

The man was at the meeting at the personal request of a general officer. 
 The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects 

The whip was an ornament, as the plume of feathers to the general officer. 
 Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 

The post of general officer has always been considered like a commission for immortality. 
 Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette 

In this CP, day and night, was a general officer of the Air Force. 
 Alas, Babylon 

I know every word goes to him that's dropped from every general officer's mouth. 
 The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H... 