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Major general

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Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - live and with lyrics!

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Putin's Friend! Russian Major General Was Killed!

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Major general faints during news conference

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Gilbert and Sullivan - "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (Major-General's Song)

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Lieutenant General Michael D. Dubie's promotion

Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparently confusing phenomenon whereby a lieutenant general outranks a major general while a major outranks a lieutenant.