General

Ellipsis of General Hospital.

Proper noun

  1. Ellipsis of General Hospital.
    • The ambulance is taking him to General. Owerri West General Hospital or Owerri North? Obinze is still in charge of West General. If it's that one, turn it around now.

Forms

Gen. Gen Genl Gen'l

Noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of general in its various senses.
    • You're going to have to tell that to the president yourself, General.
    • General Polk stated, with all respect to General Bragg’s great abilities in the direction of organization and discipline, that he had been wanting in the higher elements of generalship in the conduct of the campaign;...
    • The rally was organised to protest against the removal of a statue of General Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War. - 2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee...

Forms

Generals Gen. Gen Genl Gen'l