general

officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, or marines
Intangible military_rank Q83460
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general

Summary

general is a military rank[1]. general draws 2,846 Wikipedia views per month (military_rank category, ranking #59 of 458).[2]

Key Facts

  • general's instance of is recorded as military rank[3].
  • general is a type of military officer[4].
  • general's Commons category is recorded as Generals[5].
  • general's said to be the same as is recorded as army general[6].
  • general's said to be the same as is recorded as colonel general[7].
  • general's said to be the same as is recorded as Generaloberst[8].
  • 1300 marks the founding of general[9].
  • general's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Generals[10].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[18].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[19].
  • general's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20].
  • general's NATO code for grade is recorded as OF-9[21].
  • general's different from is recorded as general[22].
  • general's female form of label is recorded as גנרלית[23].
  • general's female form of label is recorded as generalinja[24].
  • general's female form of label is recorded as generálka[25].
  • general's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q98645736[26].
  • general's next lower rank is recorded as lieutenant general[27].

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Definition and Type

general's instance of is recorded as military rank[3]. general is a type of military officer[4].

Origins

1300 marks the founding of general[9].

Influence

Things named for general include The General[28], a film[29], directed by Igor Nikolayev[30].

Why It Matters

general draws 2,846 Wikipedia views per month (military_rank category, ranking #59 of 458).[2] general has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] general is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for general include The General[28], a film[29], directed by Igor Nikolayev[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of military officer
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +7
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q6451223]]"
  2. 8w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Seneca County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297246, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag generals
    Said to be the same as army general, colonel general, Generaloberst
    Subclass of military officer
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: generals, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929670|generals (#289929670)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  4. 11w ago · Brya · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as army general, colonel general, Generaloberst
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q160910]]"
  5. 13w ago · Ponor · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id general
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7982]]: general"
  6. 14w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0002790-generalove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0002790-generalove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  7. 17w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-08 occupation class 0110
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33365|batch #33365]]: isco inferences from esco"
  8. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1300-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Said to be the same as army general, colonel general, Generaloberst
    Next higher rank general of the army, field marshal, marshal
    Inception
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10831, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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