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11Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief — noun Australian History (in the first decades of settlement) the governor of one of the Australian colonies; Governor in Chief …
12Captain-major — is the English rendering of the Portuguese title Capitão mor (sometimes Capitão Donatário ) for colonial officers, put in charge of a capitania, Portuguese possession (called captaincy , after his title) deemed not (yet) important enough to have… …
13Captain — Cap tain (k[a^]p t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under {Chief}, and cf. {Chieftain}.] 1. A head, or chief officer; as: (a) The… …
14Captain lieutenant — Captain Cap tain (k[a^]p t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under {Chief}, and cf. {Chieftain}.] 1. A head, or chief officer; as:… …
15General of the Army — is a military rank used in some countries to denote a senior military leader, usually a General in command of a nation s Army. It may also be the title given to a General who commands an Army in the field. The rank is typically considered the… …
16General (United Kingdom) — General is currently the highest peace time rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. It is the equivalent of a 4 star rank, and is subordinate to the Army rank of Field Marshal and the Royal Marines rank of Captain General Royal Marines.A… …
17General Admiral — was a Danish, Dutch, German, Russian, and Spanish naval rank. Its historic origin is a title high military or naval dignitaries of early modern Europe sometimes held, for example the (nominal) Commander in Chief of the Dutch Republic s navy… …
18General Inspector of the Armed Forces — (Polish: Generalny Inspektor Sił Zbrojnych) was an office created in Poland in 1926. The General Inspector reported directly to the President, and was not responsible to the Sejm or the government. In the event of war, the General Inspector was… …
19General officer — A general officer is an officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank… …
20General (Sweden) — MilitaryRankBox imageFinland = Kenraali kauluslaatta.svg junior = Generallöjtnant senior = Government text = General is the highest officer s rank in Sweden and Finland. Sweden:The king was the only holder of the rank until 1936 when a separate… …
