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état major

noun

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French, from état (“state”) + Latin major (“greater”).

  1. derived from major — “greater”

Definitions

  1. The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, all adjutants,…

    The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, and judge advocates, and their noncommissioned assistants.

    • An officer from the dragoons and an officer from the chasseurs joined the état major and were used by the General to take orders to their respective regimental commanders.

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