"Gen." meaning in English

See Gen. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gen.
  1. Abbreviation of Genesis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Genesis Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-Gen.-en-name-79DtsIBP Disambiguation of Titles: 44 49 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 39 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 37 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 49 4

Noun

Forms: Gens. [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Gens.}} Gen. (plural Gens.)
  1. (title) Abbreviation of General (military rank). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: General (extra: military rank) Categories (topical): Military ranks, Titles Synonyms (abbr. of general): Gen, Genl, Gen'l
    Sense id: en-Gen.-en-noun-knSCi6Yn Disambiguation of Military ranks: 28 70 2 Disambiguation of Titles: 44 49 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 49 4 Disambiguation of 'abbr. of general': 44 29 27
  2. (law) Abbreviation of general (business or agency description). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: general (extra: business or agency description) Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-Gen.-en-noun-VzacGwGP Topics: law

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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