"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
    Sense id: en-Gen.-en-name-79DtsIBP

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: 3 96 2 Disambiguation of Titles: 16 77 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 74 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 81 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 87 5 Disambiguation of 'abbr. of general': 55 33 12
  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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