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Lieutenant general Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Lieutenant general has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general

2

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.

3

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

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
general officer
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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