lieutenant general

lieutenant general

See also: Lieutenant General

English

Noun

lieutenant general (plural lieutenant generals or lieutenants general)

1. A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.
2. A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.

Usage notes

Like other terms (president, general, bishop), this term is capitalized when used as a title: "Lieutenant General John Doe will be arriving shortly."

Translations

an officer above major general and below general

Dutch: luitenant-generaal (nl) m Finnish: kenraaliluutnantti (fi) Greek: αντιστράτηγος (el) (antistrátigos) (army), αντιπτέραρχος (el) (antiptérarchos) (airforce) Hungarian: altábornagy (hu) Korean: 중장 (ko) (jungjang)

Manx: aaghineraal m Romanian: general-locotenent m Russian: генерал-лейтенант (ru) m (general-lejtenant) Spanish: teniente general Swedish: generallöjtnant

Further reading

• lieutenant general on Wikipedia.Wikipedia