Gen"er*al*ship, n.
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.
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