"generaless" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: generalesses [plural]
Etymology: general + -ess Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|general|ess|nocat=1}} general + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} generaless (plural generalesses)
  1. A female general. Categories (topical): Female people, Leaders
    Sense id: en-generaless-en-noun-fJHNckpN Disambiguation of Female people: 86 14 Disambiguation of Leaders: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), English terms suffixed with -ess (wife) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 56 44
  2. The wife of a general.
    Sense id: en-generaless-en-noun-HUogAS6b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1886, Yves Guyot, English and French morality, from a Frenchman's point of view (The Modern Press) pp. 36–37, ditto\nThe Generaless Catherine Booth read a letter which she addressed to the Queen, summoning her in the name of her religion and of her sex to dry up the stream of impurity."
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          "text": "If the Duke of Marlborough becomes Governor-General of Canada the Duchess would be Governor-Generaless, and as she is one of the Vanderbilts, the New York 400 would move over to Ottawa for the winter season, and there would be high jinks in that town."
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