generalship, generalcy
(noun) the office and authority of a general
generalship
(noun) the leadership ability of a military general
Source: WordNet® 3.1
generalship (plural generalships)
The position or office of a general. [from 16th c.]
The term of office of a military general. [from 17th c.]
The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy. [from 17th c.]
By extension, leadership, good management. [from 18th c.]
Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.
Source: Wiktionary
Gen"er*al*ship, 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. Goldsmith.
2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.
3. Fig.: Leadership; management. An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
