generalship Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the leadership ability of a military general
  2. noun the office and authority of a general
    generalcy.

WordNet

Gen"er*al*ship noun
Definitions
  1. The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.
    Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene. Goldsmith.
  2. Military skill in a general officer or commander.
  3. Fig.: Leadership; management.
    An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust. Sterne.

Webster 1913