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Etat Major

Webster's Dictionary

The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Etat Major'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/etat-major.html. 1828.