Dictionary entry

Generalship

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gen″er‐al‐ship, n. 1. The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; — sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.

Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene. Goldsmith.

2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.

3. Fig.: Leadership; management.

An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust. Sterne.