major general

See also: major-general

English

major general (plural major generals)

A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the very pattern of a modern Major-General”, in The Pirates of Penzance […], Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC, page 17:
  In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy-- [...] You'll say a better major-general has never sat agee.

When used as a title, it is always capitalized.

Example: Major General John Doe.

The rank corresponds to pay grade O-8. Abbreviations: MG.

a military officer

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
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Chinese:
Mandarin: 少將／少将 (zh) (shàojiàng)
Czech: generálmajor (cs) m
Danish: generalmajor (da) c
Estonian: kindralmajor
Finnish: kenraalimajuri (fi)
German: Generalmajor (de) m, Generalmajorin f
Greek: υποστράτηγος (el) (ypostrátigos) (army), υποπτέραρχος (el) (ypoptérarchos) (airforce)
Hebrew: אַלּוּף (he) m (alúf)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 少将 (ja) (しょうしょう), 陸将補 (りくしょうほ) (in JGSDF)
Korean: 소장(少將) (ko) (sojang)
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Macedonian: генерал мајор m (general major)
Marathi: मेजर जनरल m (mejar janral)
Polish: generał major m
Romanian: general-maior m
Russian: генера́л-майо́р (ru) m (generál-majór)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Swahili: meja jenerali
Swedish: generalmajor (sv) c
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Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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