lieutenant general

noun

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.

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Meanings

lieutenant general1

nounlieutenant general (plural lieutenant generals or lieutenants general)

plural lieutenant generals · plural 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.
  2. A similar rank in the armed forces of some other countries.

Lieutenant General2

nounLieutenant General (plural Lieutenant Generals or Lieutenants General)

plural Lieutenant Generals · plural Lieutenants General

  1. Alternative letter-case form of lieutenant general (found when the term is used as a title).

Translations

Afrikaans luitenant generaal
  • luitenant generaalan officer above major general and below general
Arabic فريق
  • فريق (farīq)an officer above major general and below general
Bulgarian генерал-лейтенант
  • генерал-лейтенант (general-lejtenant)an officer above major general and below general
Chinese Mandarin 中將 /中将
  • 中將 /中将 (zhōngjiàng)an officer above major general and below general
Czech generálporučík
  • generálporučíkan officer above major general and below general
Danish generalløjtnant
  • generalløjtnantan officer above major general and below general
Dutch luitenant-generaal
  • luitenant-generaalan officer above major general and below general
Estonian kindralleitnant
  • kindralleitnantan officer above major general and below general
Finnish kenraaliluutnantti
  • kenraaliluutnanttian officer above major general and below general
French général de corps d'armée, lieutenant général
  • général de corps d'arméean officer above major general and below general
  • lieutenant généralan officer above major general and below general
German Generalleutnant
  • Generalleutnantan officer above major general and below general
Greek αντιστράτηγος, αντιπτέραρχος
  • αντιστράτηγος (antistrátigos)an officer above major general and below general
  • αντιπτέραρχος (antiptérarchos)an officer above major general and below general
Hungarian altábornagy
  • altábornagyan officer above major general and below general
Indonesian letnan jenderal
  • letnan jenderalan officer above major general and below general
Japanese 中将, 陸将
  • 中将an officer above major general and below general
  • 陸将an officer above major general and below general
Korean 중장
  • 중장 (jungjang)an officer above major general and below general
Latvian ģenerāl­leitnants
  • ģenerāl­leitnantsan officer above major general and below general
Lithuanian generolas leitenantas
  • generolas leitenantasan officer above major general and below general
Malay leftenan jeneral
  • leftenan jeneralan officer above major general and below general
Polish generał broni, generał porucznik
  • generał bronian officer above major general and below general
  • generał porucznikan officer above major general and below general
  • generał-lejtnantan officer above major general and below general
Portuguese tenente-general
  • tenente-generalan officer above major general and below general
Romanian general-locotenent
  • general-locotenentan officer above major general and below general
Russian генерал-лейтенант
  • генерал-лейтенант (general-lejtenant)an officer above major general and below general
Slovak generál­poručík
  • generál­poručíkan officer above major general and below general
Spanish teniente general
  • teniente generalan officer above major general and below general
Swahili luteni jenerali
  • luteni jeneralian officer above major general and below general
Swedish generallöjtnant
  • generallöjtnantan officer above major general and below general
Tagalog tenyente heneral
  • tenyente heneralan officer above major general and below general
Turkish korgeneral
  • korgeneralan officer above major general and below general
Ukrainian генерал-лейтенант
  • генерал-лейтенант (heneral-lejtenant)an officer above major general and below general
Cite this entry
APA

lieutenant general. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lieutenant%20general

MLA

“lieutenant general.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lieutenant%20general. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lieutenant general,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lieutenant%20general.

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