armchair general

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English

Noun

armchair general (plural armchair generals)

An outspoken warmonger, and/or a self-appointed strategist, who normally lacks actual military experience.

Translations

outspoken warmonger, and/or a self-appointed strategist

Dutch: visser-aan-wal
Finnish: kolpakkostrategi (fi)
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Russian: дива́нные войска́ (ru) n pl (divánnyje vojská)
Swedish: skrivbordsgeneral

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