"General" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} General
  1. (informal, medicine) Short for General Hospital. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: General Hospital Categories (topical): Medicine, Titles Synonyms: Gen., Gen, Genl, Gen'l
    Sense id: en-General-en-name-9dU-ERPX Disambiguation of Titles: 95 5 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

Forms: Generals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} General (plural Generals)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of general in its various senses. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: general (extra: in its various senses)
    Sense id: en-General-en-noun-iL~zQl5n

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Alternative forms

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