WordNet
field general
n. (football) the person who plays quarterback [syn: quarterback, signal caller]
the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team" [syn: quarterback, signal caller]
Usage examples of "field general".
As the only surviving field general involved in the defeat at the sorghum field, he could very well be relieved of command.
His father, General Kwon Lee, had been a field general who was killed at Inchon during the war.