major general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a brigadier general and whose insignia is two stars
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Reuters — Romania detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with Russia’s help, prosecutors said on Thursday, and a 101-year-old former army major general said his home had been raided as part of the investigation.
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Reuters, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
After defeating the Creek peoples in Alabama in 1814, he was promoted to major general and made his way south to the headquarters of the Army’s seventh district: New Orleans.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Soon after Park’s death, Chun Doo-hwan, an army major general, seized power in a coup and declared martial law, arresting opponents, closing universities, banning political activities and stifling the press.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
One of us, Antonio Taguba, as a major general in the U.S. Army, authored a 2004 internal army report on prisoner abuse at the U.S. detention facility in Abu Ghraib, Iraq.
—Antonio Taguba and Scott Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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Reuters, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
After defeating the Creek peoples in Alabama in 1814, he was promoted to major general and made his way south to the headquarters of the Army’s seventh district: New Orleans.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Soon after Park’s death, Chun Doo-hwan, an army major general, seized power in a coup and declared martial law, arresting opponents, closing universities, banning political activities and stifling the press.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
One of us, Antonio Taguba, as a major general in the U.S. Army, authored a 2004 internal army report on prisoner abuse at the U.S. detention facility in Abu Ghraib, Iraq.
—Antonio Taguba and Scott Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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“Major general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20general. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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