brigadier general
noun, plural brigadier generals. U.S. Army.
an officer of the rank between colonel and major general.
Origin of brigadier general
First recorded in 1680–90
Words nearby brigadier general
brig,
brig.,
brig. gen.,
brigade,
brigadier,
brigadier general,
brigalow,
brigand,
brigandine,
brigantine,
briggs
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British Dictionary definitions for brigadier general
brigadier general
noun plural brigadier generals
an officer of the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps who holds a rank junior to a major general but senior to a colonel, usually commanding a brigade
the former name for a brigadier (def. 1)