major-general

English Thesaurus

1. a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general (noun.person)

hypernym	:	general officer,
definition	:	officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel (noun.person)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)