''Etat Major' definitions:

Definition of ''Etat Major'

From: GCIDE
  • '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