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Generalship   /dʒˈɛnərəlʃˌɪp/   Listen
noun
Generalship  n.  
1.
The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general. "Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene."
2.
Military skill in a general officer or commander.
3.
Fig.: Leadership; management. "An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust."





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"Generalship" Quotes from Famous Books



... Murray, of the tremendous heights to which I have attained? I suppose she didn't tell you of her dinner party. That was after you had left last fall. It was a great bit of generalship. Some of Ranald's foot-ball friends, Little Merrill, Starry Hamilton, that's the captain, you know, and myself among them, were asked to a farewell supper by this young lady, and when the men had well drunk—fed, ...
— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor
... Court of Inquiry produces some strange revelations. The inquiry will not end in making a thorough general of McDowell. He may have been somewhat unfortunate, no doubt; but his want of good fortune was at least equalled by his want of good generalship. I, and many others besides, were quite mistaken in our early estimate of McDowell. He should not so easily have swallowed the second Bull Run. He should at least have been wounded, if only ever so slightly; his best friends must wish that. But to be ...
— Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 • Adam Gurowski
... Tories were thus hurling England into war, it is interesting to observe how the Guelphs conducted it. The Duke of York, with a generalship worthy of his family, led an army of British and Russian soldiers into a captivity from which they could only be redeemed by the surrender of prisoners taken on ...
— Newfoundland and the Jingoes - An Appeal to England's Honor • John Fretwell
... of content Sheen leaned back in his chair. It would be all right now. He felt that the matter had been taken out of his hands. A more experienced brain than his would look after the generalship ...
— The White Feather • P. G. Wodehouse
... my services to my country. Though she slay me, yet will I, if not exactly trust in her, at least take my part in her government. I am ever at my country's call. Whether it be the embassy in a leading European capital, a governor-generalship in the tropics, or my humble mission here to make Little Pifflington do its bit, I am always ready for the sacrifice. Whilst England remains England, wherever there is a public job to be done you will find a Highcastle sticking to it. And ...
— Augustus Does His Bit • George Bernard Shaw


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