general
officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, or marines
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Summary
general is a military rank[1]. general draws 10,224 Wikipedia views per month (military rank category, ranking #59 of 458).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: military officer[3]
- Commons category: Generals[4]
- Said to be the same as: army general[5], colonel general[6], Generaloberst[7]
- Inception: 1300[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Generals[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[17], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18]
- NATO code for grade: OF-9[19]
- Different from: general[20]
- Female form of label: גנרלית[21], generalinja[22], generálka[23]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q98645736[24]
- Next lower rank: lieutenant general[25]
- Next higher rank: general of the army[26], field marshal[27], marshal[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Category for eponymous categories: Categoria:Categorie intitolate a generali[30]
- Related category: Category:Generals by nationality[31]
- ISCO-08 occupation class: 0110[32]
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Influence
Things named for general include The General[33], a film[34], directed by Igor Nikolayev[35].
Why It Matters
general has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] general is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for general include The General[33], a film[34], directed by Igor Nikolayev[35].