brigadier

[ brig-uh-deer ]

/ ˌbrɪg əˈdɪər /

British Military. a rank between colonel and major general.

U.S. Army Informal. a brigadier general.

History/Historical. a noncommissioned rank in the Napoleonic armies.

Origin of brigadier

1670–80; < French: officer commanding a brigade; see brigade, -ier²

brig·a·dier·ship, noun un·der·brig·a·dier, noun

Fifteen were reportedly wounded in the incident, including a German brigadier general.

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Army spokesman Yoav Mordechai, a brigadier general, said the operation was not limited in time.

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The occasion was the promotion of Tammy Smith to brigadier general in the U.S. Army.

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Saeed was part of the plot two years later to kidnap Daniel Pearl and turned himself in to Brigadier Shah.

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Brigadier General Murray remained there with 7,300 men, at once governor and commander in chief.

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Citizen was the proper term now,—Citizen General Wilkinson when that magnate came to town, resplendent in his brigadier's uniform.

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One was in the churchyard, and this was commanded by Brigadier Mackintosh.

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This 'brigadier's' attire was almost worse than the deacon's.

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The General and Brigadier made some attempts to restore order, but they were unsuccessful.

The British Expedition to the Crimea |William Howard Russell

brigadier

/ (ˌbrɪɡəˈdɪə) /

an officer of the British Army or Royal Marines who holds a rank junior to a major general but senior to a colonel, usually commanding a brigade

an equivalent rank in other armed forces

US army short for brigadier general

history a noncommissioned rank in the armies of Napoleon I

C17: from French, from brigade