“generalin”

The following 2 entries include the term generalin.

general-in-chief

noun

: a military officer in chief command (as of the entire armed forces operating at a front or in some services of an army division)

governor-general-in-council

noun

: the governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions


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