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Dictionary Results For "brigadier" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Noun

  1. An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.


Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr.
brigade.] (Mil.)
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major
general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet brigadier
n : a general officer ranking below a major general [syn: {brigadier
general}]
Moby Dictionary
ADC
, CO , OD , aide , aide-de-camp , brigadier general , captain ,
chicken colonel
, chief of staff , colonel , commandant , commander ,
commander in chief
, commanding officer , commissioned officer ,
company officer
, exec , executive officer , field marshal ,
field officer
, first lieutenant , five-star general ,
four-star general
, general , general officer , generalissimo ,
jemadar
, junior officer , lieutenant , lieutenant colonel ,
lieutenant general
, major , major general , marechal , marshal ,
officer
, one-star general , orderly officer , risaldar ,
senior officer
, shavetail , sirdar , staff officer , subahdar ,
subaltern
, sublieutenant , the Old Man , the brass ,
three-star general
, top brass , two-star general


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