major general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a brigadier general and whose insignia is two stars
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After defeating the Creek peoples in Alabama in 1814, he was promoted to major general and made his way south to the headquarters of the Army’s seventh district: New Orleans.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Soon after Park’s death, Chun Doo-hwan, an army major general, seized power in a coup and declared martial law, arresting opponents, closing universities, banning political activities and stifling the press.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
One of us, Antonio Taguba, as a major general in the U.S. Army, authored a 2004 internal army report on prisoner abuse at the U.S. detention facility in Abu Ghraib, Iraq.
—Antonio Taguba and Scott Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Anderson is nationally recognized for being the first Black woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army Reserve.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Soon after Park’s death, Chun Doo-hwan, an army major general, seized power in a coup and declared martial law, arresting opponents, closing universities, banning political activities and stifling the press.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
One of us, Antonio Taguba, as a major general in the U.S. Army, authored a 2004 internal army report on prisoner abuse at the U.S. detention facility in Abu Ghraib, Iraq.
—Antonio Taguba and Scott Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Anderson is nationally recognized for being the first Black woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army Reserve.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Major general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20general. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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