See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

GENERAL (See also:

• LAT

Lat. generalis, of or See also:

• RELATING

relating to a genus, See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind or class)  , a See also:

• TERM

term which, from its pointing to all or most of the members of a class, the whole of an See also:

• AREA

area, &c., as opposed to" particular " or to " See also:

• LOCAL

local," is hence used in various shades of meaning, for that which is prevalent, usual, widespread or See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous, indefinite, vague . It has been added to the titles of various officials, military See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and others; thus the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a religious See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order is the " See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general," more usually the " general," and we find the same See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination in such offices as that of " accountant-general," " postmaster-general," " See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-" or " See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-general,"and many others, the additional word implying that the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official in question is of superior See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, as having a wider II authority or See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of activity . This is the use that accounts for the application of the term, as a substantive, to a military officer of superior rank, a " general officer," or " general," who commands or administers bodies of troops larger than a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, or consisting of more than one See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the service (see also OFFICERS) . It was towards the end of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century that the word began to be used in its See also:

• PRESENT

present sense as a noun, and in the armies of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the " general " was See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, the " See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general " commander of the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and second in command of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and the " See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general " (strictly " sergeant-major-general ") commander of the See also:

• FOOT

foot and chief of the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff . See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field marshals, who have now the highest rank, were formerly subordinate to the general officers . These titles—general, lieutenant-general and major-general—are still applied in most armies to the first, second and third grades of general officer, and in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French service until 1870 the chief of the staff of the army See also:

• BORE

bore the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of major-general . In the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian services the three grades are qualified by the addition of the words " of See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry," " of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry " and " of See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery." The French service possesses only two grades, " general of See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade " and " general of See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division." The See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian service has two ranks of general officers See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to itself, " lieutenant field See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal," See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to lieutenant-general, and Feldzeugmeister (See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance), equivalent to the German general of infantry or artillery . There is also the rank of " general of cavalry." The See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish army still retains the old term " See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-general." In the German service General Oberst (See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel-general) and General Feldzeugmeister (master-general of ordnance) are ranks intermediate between that of full general and that of general field marshal .