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English Dictionary: Generalship by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
generalship
n
  1. the leadership ability of a military general
  2. the office and authority of a general
    Synonym(s): generalship, generalcy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Generalship \Gen"er*al*ship\, n.
      1. The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of
            a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the
            personality of a general.
  
                     Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.
  
      3. Fig.: Leadership; management.
  
                     An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a
                     dust.                                                --Sterne.
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