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Webster 1913 Edition


Generalship

Gen′er-al-ship

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Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Generalship

GEN'ERALSHIP

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Noun.
The skill and conduct of a general officer; military skill in a commander, exhibited in the judicious arrangements of troops, or the operations of war.