general officer

noun

: any of the officers in the army, air force, or marine corps above colonel compare company officer, field officer, flag officer

Examples of general officer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These purges have also called the military’s strength into question—in in the last two months, as many as half of the army’s general officers have been arrested or relieved of duty. —Ryan Gingeras, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2016

In the small and still growing U.S. Space Force, at least eight general officers’ nominations are on hold — but that’s one third of all of its 25 senior officers. —Tara Copp, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023

Sullivan revealed that the military expects Tuberville’s blockade to affect 89 percent of all general officer positions, across all branches. —Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023

The Senate has circumvented Tuberville's hold in a limited way by voting individually on a handful of key nominees in the past few months, but to do this for the over 370 flag and general officer nominations still pending would take the Senate weeks to complete. —Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1681, in the meaning defined above