What is the meaning of GENERAL. Phrases containing GENERAL
See meanings and uses of GENERAL!Slangs & AI meanings
Yardmaster, abbreviated Y.M.
General was old slang for a general servant. General is American slang for the penis.General is Jamaican slang for a smart, clever, man. General is South African slang for a prison gang leader.
General Booth is rhyming slang for tooth.
The general alarm is a signal used on board ship in times of emergency, such as fire, flood, man-overboard, action stations, etc.
General Smuts is rhyming slang for the testicles (nuts).
General election is rhyming slang for an erection.
Generalise was old slang for a shilling.
A general treat is a treat of a glass of liquor bought by one person in a tavern to the whole company present. Buying a round of drinks.
a shilling (1/-), from the mid 1800s, thought to be backslang. Also meant to lend a shilling, apparently used by the middle classes, presumably to avoid embarrassment. Given that backslang is based on phonetic word sound not spelling, the conversion of shilling to generalize is just about understandable, if somewhat tenuous, and in the absence of other explanation is the only known possible derivation of this odd slang.
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v. t.
To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
adv.
In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.
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In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively.
imp. & p. p.
of Generalize
n.
The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.
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The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
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A general inference.
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One who takes general or comprehensive views.
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The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
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Military skill in a general officer or commander.
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The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness.
v. i.
To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
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Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
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Generality.
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pl.
of Postmaster-general
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