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English

Noun

brevet (plural brevets)

A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.

Swedish

Noun

brevet

definite singular of brev

Category:Swedish verb forms

br:brevet fr:brevet io:brevet hu:brevet ru:brevet sv:brevet te:brevet vi:brevet zh:brevet

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Brevet \Bre*vet"\, a. (Mil.)
Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a
brevet commission.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"; 277), n. [F. brevet, LL.
brevetum, fr. L. brevis short. See Brief.]
1. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege,
title, or dignity. [French usage].
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2. (Mil.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than
that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of
an officer.
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Note: In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for
"gallant actions or meritorious services." A brevet
rank gives no right of command in the particular corps
to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be
exercised only by special assignment of the President,
or on court martial, and detachments composed of
different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on
such duty.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Brevetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Brevetting.] (Mil.)
To confer rank upon by brevet.
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WordNet brevet
n : a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher
rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
v : promote somebody by brevet, in the military
[also: brevetting, brevetted]

Moby Dictionary
agency , agentship , appointment , assignment , authority ,
authorization , bull , care , charge , charter , commission ,
commissioning , commitment , concession , consignment , cure ,
declaration , decree , decree-law , decreement , decretal , decretum ,
delegated authority , delegation , deputation , devolution ,
devolvement , dictum , diktat , diploma , edict , edictum , embassy ,
empowerment , entrusting , entrustment , errand , executorship ,
exequatur , factorship , fiat , franchise , full power , grant ,
ipse dixit , jurisdiction , law , legation , letters patent , liberty ,
license , lieutenancy , mandate , mission , office , ordinance ,
ordonnance , patent , plenipotentiary power , power of attorney ,
power to act , proclamation , procuration , pronouncement ,
pronunciamento , proxy , purview , regency , regentship , rescript ,
responsibility , royal grant , rule , ruling , senatus consult ,
senatus consultum , task , trust , trusteeship , ukase ,
vicarious authority , warrant

BREVET. In France, a brevet is a warrant granted by the government to authorize an individual to do something for his own benefit, as a brevet d'invention, is a patent to secure a man a right as inventor. 2. In our army, it signifies a commission conferring on an officer a degree of rank immediately above the one which he holds in his particular regiment, without, however conveying a right to receive a corresponding pay.