Political and military leader

Usage examples of generalissimo.

Sun Li-jen and the Generalissimo had to acquiesce, with no accretion of good feeling.

Ernesto Tequilla y Mota had achieved his ambition-promotion from captain to generalissimo in one step.

I am absolutely convinced there is not one Russian or Chinese agent in any way involved with Generalissimo Tequilla y Mota, nor are there any troops of either of those governments hiding anywhere in the jungles.

Earth has been taken over by a nasty, corrupt, bureaucratic military dictatorship, more banana republic writ large and high-tech than efficiently fascist, though utterly fascist economically, run in an amoral fashion by a generalissimo named Myson for the greedy profit of himself and his cronies.

I think it is important therefore that the public should be told that General Eisenhower is Generalissimo, that Alexander is commanding the forces of the United Nations fighting in Tunis, and that Tedder is commanding the Air Forces.

Two pronunciamientos, rudely printed and posted in the Plaza, and saluted by the fickle garrison of one hundred men, who had, however, immediately reappointed their old commander as Generalissimo under the new regime, seemed to leave nothing to be desired.

Burma, I have recently requested the Generalissimo to continue reinforcing the Burma front and to permit Stilwell to make co-operative arrangements relative command according to the principles laid down in his original directive approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff.

He arrived with a gift of a watch and a cigaret lighter for Stilwell and had obviously persuaded the Generalissimo that he could get more materiel from the United States by agreeing to military action than by resisting it.

The sacred generalissimo led out his army from Asuncion in person, celebrating Mass himself, and then heading his troops like many another Spanish ecclesiastic has done before and after him, and continued doing even to the latest Carlist war.

She recognised Generalissimo Hernandez, but at close quarters this rotund little man in his braided, bemedalled uniform looked even less like a dictator than he had in the photograph Major Fairhaven had shown her.

They denied that it was a diversion from OVERLORD or that ANVIL needed its landing craft, and insisted that nonfulfillment would allow the Generalissimo to withhold the Y-force, thus causing the failure of the Burma campaign.

The Generalissimo had his headquarters across the river in Wuchang on the south bank.

We'd had visits from film stars, diet gurus, retired Latin generalissimos, Nobel Laureates, rock singers (walking nightmares, both of 'em), mobsters (they'd behaved better), and even royalty.

Also, when it came to generalissimos, the capital was used to white-haired or at least grizzled commanders.

On paper, things seemed retrievable-the generalissimos Kuomintang still held all the major cities, their armies were well equipped, compared to Mao and his forces, and it was well known that the generalissimo was a genius.