GENERALSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does generalship mean? 

• GENERALSHIP (noun)
  The noun GENERALSHIP has 2 senses:

1. the leadership ability of a military general

2. the office and authority of a general

  Familiarity information: GENERALSHIP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENERALSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The leadership ability of a military general

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("generalship" is a kind of...):

leadership (the ability to lead)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Derivation:

general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The office and authority of a general

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

generalcy; generalship

Hypernyms ("generalship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

general (a general officer of the highest rank)

general (the head of a religious order or congregation)

 Context examples 

Her name was Mrs. Markleham; but our boys used to call her the Old Soldier, on account of her generalship, and the skill with which she marshalled great forces of relations against the Doctor.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)