"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)
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  2. A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "general-lejtenant",
      "sense": "an officer above major general and below general",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "генерал-лейтенант"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an officer above major general and below general",
      "word": "teniente general"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "an officer above major general and below general",
      "word": "luteni jenerali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an officer above major general and below general",
      "word": "generallöjtnant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an officer above major general and below general",
      "word": "tenyente heneral"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lieutenant general"
}

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