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Record 1 2021-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
OBS

General officers are at the top of the military hierarchy. In the Army, this category comprises brigadier-generals, major-generals, lieutenant-generals and generals.

OBS

general officer; gen offr: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

Les officiers généraux se situent au sommet de la hiérarchie militaire. Au sein de l'Armée de terre, on rassemble sous cette appellation les brigadiers-généraux, les majors-généraux, les lieutenants-généraux et les généraux.

OBS

officier général; offr gén : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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