etat major Meaning, Definition & Usage

É`tat" Ma`jor" (Also<
  • Etat Major
  • État Major
)
Etymology
F., fr. état state + L. major greater.
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) 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.

Webster 1913