État Major

(ā'tā' mā'zhôr'). [Fr., from état, state, condition, position, Lat. status, and Lat. major, greater. See MAJOR, a.] (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 non-commissioned assistants of the above officers.