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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Generalship \Gen"er*al*ship\, noun
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) 2.0 [wn]:
generalship
noun
1: the leadership ability of a military general
2: the office of general
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "generalship": arms, art of war, captainship, chairmanship, chivalry, convenership, custody, dictatorship, directorate, directorship, foremanship, governorship, guardianship, headship, intendancy, knighthood, leadership, managership, mastership, overseership, presidency, proctorship, sovereignty, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervisorship, war
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