An honorary rank of senior officer in the British army, most commonly in an artillery regiment.
英军名誉高级军官（最常见于炮兵）
Example sentencesExamples
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery were tremendously proud to parade in front of the Captain General on what was a really important day for us.
The Captain-General was still a young man and, like his hero, an artillery officer.
It was fortunate that the captain general commanding British and allied forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Duke of Marlborough, combined both the positions of commander of the army and Master-General of the Ordnance.
The Queen is the Captain General of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Head of the Armed Forces.
Definition of captain general in US English:
captain general
nounˈkæptən ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl
An honorary rank of senior officer in the British army, most commonly in an artillery regiment.
英军名誉高级军官（最常见于炮兵）
Example sentencesExamples
It was fortunate that the captain general commanding British and allied forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Duke of Marlborough, combined both the positions of commander of the army and Master-General of the Ordnance.
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery were tremendously proud to parade in front of the Captain General on what was a really important day for us.
The Queen is the Captain General of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Head of the Armed Forces.
The Captain-General was still a young man and, like his hero, an artillery officer.