Generalissimo

Word GENERALISSIMO
Character 13
Hyphenation gen er al is si mo
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Definitions and meanings of "Generalissimo"

What do we mean by generalissimo?

The commander in chief of all the armed forces in certain countries. noun

A commander-in-chief; the supreme commander of all the forces of a country, of several armies, or of an army comprising several corps or divisions acting separately. noun

The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries. noun

A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader. noun

The officer who holds the supreme command noun

A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader.

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The word "generalissimo" in example sentences

Driven out of the city by the Hakka General the previous year, Sun had been allowed to take back the title of generalissimo by two other warlords: General Yang of the Army of Yunnan and General Liu of the Army of Kwangsi, both provinces lying west of Canton’s province of Kwangtung. ❋ Hannah Pakula (2009)

The generalissimo was a man of few, usually cryptic, words. ❋ RICHARD REEVES (2010)

He was also known to refer to the generalissimo as “a lily-livered Chink” and a “slant-eyed snake.” ❋ Hannah Pakula (2009)

The president of this council is the Minister of War; the vice president is known as the generalissimo of the French army. ❋ Laughlin, Clara E (1918)

He called the generalissimo's brother-in-law el cuñadísimo. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The generalissimo was a brutal, corrupt, and ineffective commander who wanted the Americans to fight his war with the Japanese while he husbanded his army to battle Mao’s communists. ❋ Douglas Waller (2011)

Mr. Hamm mostly acted as Tina Fey's straight man, but, he did have one great reaction to her, when she called herself the "generalissimo": "I don't even know what that means!" ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shogun is more accurately - "generalissimo" or better understood as "Military Dictator", The most famous probably being Tokugawa Ieyasu, who found the Tokugawa Shogunate (c. 1603-1868), a period a great peace, stability and prosperity in Japanese History, ending with the Meiji Restoration. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Footnote 67: The Dairo was formerly the sovereign of Japan, uniting the supreme civil and spiritual power, committing the military affairs to a kind of generalissimo, who usurped supreme authority, and reduced the ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Franco anointed Juan Carlos his successor in a quasi-filial way, but Juan Carlos was all about the constitutional monarchy once the generalissimo was still dead. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If noise-rock has a political hierarchy, Swans would be the generalissimo. ❋ Aaron Leitko (2010)

Kim was promoted to generalissimo posthumously just ahead of his birthday, matching his father's military rank. ❋ Unknown (2012)

"Venal, corrupt, cruel and egomaniacal" is the author's description of the Chinese generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, "who duped FDR into supporting his regime even though it was essentially Fascist." ❋ Andrew Roberts (2011)

Zelaya, shrieks the editorialist, used "machinations" (beware of those, as any kid with a Transformer knows) to attempt to insert a "generalissimo clause" in the Honduran constitution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Surrounded by cronies and sycophants, Radtke has run VTPPF as a generalissimo. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A Remembrances obituary on Wednesday incorrectly said that Mr. Alison gave the demonstration for the generalissimo. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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