Hypertext Webster Gateway: "generalship"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Generalship \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

generalship
n 1: the leadership ability of a military general
2: the office of general


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