(informal, medicine) Short for General Hospital or X General Hospital (where X is a stand-in for another part of the name), a common hospital name.

(military) The military officer title.

(military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.

A great strategist or tactician.

(now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality.

(Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.

(nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.

(colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.

(countable) A general anesthetic.

(uncountable) General anesthesia.

(uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.

(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.

To lead (soldiers) as a general.

Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular.

(sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.

Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.

Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.

Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.

Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.