Editing Generalissimo (section)

{{Short description|Military rank of the highest degree}}
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[[File:Francisco Franco 1975 (cropped).jpg|alt=Francisco Franco, Generalissimo of Spain|thumb|[[Francisco Franco]], Generalissimo of Spain from 1936 to 1975.]]
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[[File:Generalissimus ussr.PNG|alt=Proposed insignia of the Generalissimus of USSR, (only held by Joseph Stalin)|thumb|164x164px|Proposed insignia of the [[Generalissimo of the Soviet Union]] (only held by [[Joseph Stalin]])]]
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}'''''Generalissimo'''''<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HconAAAAMAAJ |title=generalissimo |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved |date=1823 |publisher=Archibald Constable |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HconAAAAMAAJ/page/n508 484]}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|ɛ|n|(|ə|)|r|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|s|ɪ|m|oʊ}} {{respell|JEN|(ə|)rə|LIS|ih|moh}}), also '''generalissimus''', is a [[highest military ranks|military rank of the highest degree]], superior to [[field marshal]] and other [[five-star rank]]s in the states where they are used.