general staff

English

Noun

general staff (plural general staffs)

1. (military) A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief.

Coordinate terms

• admiralty
• air staff
• headquarters
• staff

 

Translations

officers in charge of army

• Belarusian: геншта́б m (hjenštáb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總參謀部／总参谋部 (zh) (zǒng cānmóu bù)

• Danish: generalstab (da) c
• Estonian: peastaab
• French: état-major (fr) m
• German: Generalstab (de) m
• Hungarian: vezérkar (hu)
• Italian: stato maggiore m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generalstab m

• Polish: sztab generalny m
• Russian: геншта́б (ru) m (genštáb)
• Swedish: generalstab (sv) c
• Ukrainian: геншта́б m (henštáb)