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US
/ˈdʒɛnɝəɫˌʃɪp/
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[ UK /dʒˈɛnəɹəlʃˌɪp/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɛnəɹəlʃˌɪp/ ]
NOUN
- the office and authority of a general
- the leadership ability of a military general
How To Use generalship In A Sentence
- He has given us a superb study in presidential leadership and military generalship.
- Throughout the history of our profession, intense professional study has been one of the essential tools soldiers have used to advance their military art, and their generalship.
- It is all the more striking that, throughout the fifth and fourth centuries, the generalship could be held repeatedly.
- He was a great loss to the British army, less for his generalship than for his skill in raising and training light troops.
- There was faith too in the generalship of the commanders. Times, Sunday Times
- In practice, his generalship displayed far greater flexibility than he ever acknowledged.
- Commanders like Napoleon possessed generalship; they embraced new tactics or technology and could see results of an intended action before it was executed.
- Then in 1810 he became war minister and immediately began to strengthen the army; he wrote a manual of generalship, tightened army organization, built strong points, and supervised a doubling in size.
- Jalandhar was annexed to the British dominion during the governor generalship of Lord Hardinge.
- Suffering from poor health, he was also criticized for poor generalship by fellow-officers.