"lieutenant general" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lieutenant generals [plural], lieutenants general [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|lieutenants general}} lieutenant general (plural lieutenant generals or lieutenants general)
  1. A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general. Categories (topical): Military ranks, People Translations (an officer above major general and below general): գեներալ-լեյտենանտ (general-leytenant) (Armenian), генерал-лейтенант (general-lejtenant) [masculine] (Bulgarian), generálporučík [masculine] (Czech), generalløjtnant [common-gender] (Danish), luitenant-generaal [masculine] (Dutch), kenraaliluutnantti (Finnish), tenente xeneral [masculine] (Galician), Generalleutnant [masculine] (German), αντιστράτηγος (antistrátigos) [army, military, war, government, politics] (Greek), αντιπτέραρχος (antiptérarchos) (Greek), altábornagy (Hungarian), letnan jenderal (Indonesian), 中将 (alt: ちゅうじょう) (Japanese), 陸将 (alt: りくしょう) (Japanese), 중장 (jungjang) (Korean), leftenan jeneral (Malay), aaghineraal [masculine] (Manx), generał broni [masculine] (Polish), generał porucznik [masculine] (Polish), generał-lejtnant [masculine] (Polish), general-locotenent [masculine] (Romanian), генерал-лейтенант (general-lejtenant) [masculine] (Russian), teniente general (Spanish), luteni jenerali (Swahili), generallöjtnant (Swedish), tenyente heneral (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-lieutenant_general-en-noun-gQHxNpP3 Disambiguation of Military ranks: 85 15 Disambiguation of People: 99 1 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, English terms where the adjective follows the noun, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'an officer above major general and below general': 80 20
  2. A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.
    Sense id: en-lieutenant_general-en-noun-Dz7wcMHD

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