Gen.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Alternative forms

• (abbr. of general): Gen, Genl, Gen'l

Noun

Gen. (plural Gens.)

1. (title) Abbreviation of General (military rank).
   • 1865, Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Iowa, Des Moines, Ia.: F. W. Palmer, […], page 1349:

     As soon as Gen. Steedman had completed his movement, the commands of Gens. Smith and Wilson moved out along the Harding pike, and commenced the grand movement of the day by wheeling to the left and advancing against the enemy’s position across the Harding and Hillsboro pikes.

2. (law) Abbreviation of general (business or agency description).

Usage notes

(business or agency description): This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

Proper noun

Gen.

1. Abbreviation of Genesis.

Anagrams

• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.

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Proper noun

Gen.

1. (biblical) Abbreviation of Genesis.