Word info

colonel general

Noun

Meaning

colonel general (plural colonel generals)

(military) A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Colonel General Franz Halder, the chief of the German General Staff, and Walther von Brauschitsch, the Army commander in chief, were aghast and tried to work around the order, but to no avail. Source: Internet

Colonel General Viktor Bondarev said fighter jets could be hijacked in countries neighbouring Syria and used to attack Russian forces. Source: Internet

Russian Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev called the Soviet Union's efforts to rebuild after World War II "unparalleled." Source: Internet

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