(construction, engineering) A contractor hired to manage a project and to hire subcontractors. (If a customer serves as their own general contractor then this means they undertake the management tasks and the hiring of subcontractors.)

The generation that came of age during World War I. / A group of American expatriate writers living in Paris during the 1920s.

plural of adjutant general

A military chief administrative officer.

(proscribed) plural of consul general

(now rare) Someone acting as the representative of an organisation, country etc.

(historical) A legislative assembly in the Netherlands until 1795, uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons.

plural of lieutenant general

plural of lieutenant general

A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.