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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Major general

/māj'-ẽr jĕn'-ẽr-əl/ · Ma·jor gen·er·al · IPA
01 An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually comma…
  1. 1.
    An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.