"stato maggiore" meaning in Italian

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    {
      "form": "stati maggiori",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "stato maggiore m (plural stati maggiori)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Military ranks",
          "orig": "it:Military ranks",
          "parents": [
            "Military",
            "Positions of authority",
            "Titles",
            "Society",
            "Leaders",
            "Occupations",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour"
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      "glosses": [
        "general staff"
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stato maggiore"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stati maggiori",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "stato maggiore m (plural stati maggiori)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian multiword terms",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "it:Military ranks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "general staff"
      ],
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        [
          "general staff",
          "general staff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stato maggiore"
}