"general staff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: general staffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} general staff (plural general staffs)
  1. (military) A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief. Categories (topical): Military Coordinate_terms: admiralty, air staff, headquarters, staff Translations (officers in charge of army): геншта́б (hjenštáb) [masculine] (Belarusian), 總參謀部 (Chinese Mandarin), 总参谋部 (zǒng cānmóu bù) (Chinese Mandarin), generalstab [common-gender] (Danish), peastaab (Estonian), état-major [masculine] (French), Generalstab [masculine] (German), vezérkar (Hungarian), stato maggiore [masculine] (Italian), generalstab [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sztab generalny [masculine] (Polish), геншта́б (genštáb) [masculine] (Russian), generalstab [common-gender] (Swedish), геншта́б (henštáb) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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