['e]tat major

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['e]tat major - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  'Etat Major \['E]`tat" Ma`jor"\ [F., fr. ['e]tat state + L.
     major greater.] (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. et cetera