General (disambiguation)

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General is a word with a variety of meanings to include:

• Many military ranks or paramilitary ranks include the word General.
• The Attorney General is the main legal advisor to the government.
• A Surgeon General is the head of a medical service.
• The equivalent ecclesiastical position of general superior
• Of or relating to a genus.
• A Blue-collar criminal who performs a variety of services, often called simple a "General" or "General Employee". This is most often found in food service careers.
• The corrupt leader of military regime in Capcom's Mega Man X4.
• General snus is a brand of snus manufactured in Sweden by Swedish Match
• General is a freeware strategic game developed by Russian NewGame Software.
• General Tire, a brand of tire owned by German tire manufacturer Continental AG
• General Records, a record label
• The second strongest piece in Stratego.

In fiction

• Pad Man, Prison Break character.

Generals may refer to:

• Command & Conquer: Generals - An RTS game developed and published by Electronic Arts

[edit] Sports teams

• The Washington Generals, the team that opposes the Harlem Globetrotters
• The New Jersey Generals, a franchise in the defunct USFL
• The athletic teams of Washington and Lee University or Washington-Lee High School
• The Greensboro Generals, a minor league hockey team
• The Oshawa Generals, an OHL hockey team
• The EAC Generals, the official basketball varsity squad of Emilio Aguinaldo College in the Philippines.

[edit] As an adverb or adjective

• Something far ranging covering a variety of topics or answers (i.e. "a general response").

[edit] See also

• The General (disambiguation)