Military officer of the highest rank (7)

I believe the answer is:

general

(Other definitions for general that I've seen before include "Usual; officer" , "Of wide application" , "Universal" , "Enlarge for senior army officer" , "blanket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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