This paper examines the definition of the familiar and commonly-used term “General Education.” After discussing some of the related and similar terms, this paper goes on to apply Israel Scheffler’s three types of definition, i.e., the stipulative, the descriptive and the programmatic, to analyze and re-examine the term “General Education” as it is defined by some of the existing literature collected. It is found that these three types of definition contribute to better understanding of “General Education.” Of the three types, the descriptive type is the most frequently and widely used and most variously defined, e.g., from the perspectives of linguistics, history, knowledge, philosophy, democratic society, and education. It is highly recommended that with the successful application in this paper, Schefler’s three types of definition can well and broadly be applied to analyzing and interpreting the definition of other educational terms.