Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A brigadier general.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A general officer who commands a brigade, whether of horse or foot, and ranks next below a major-general.

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  • noun military An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
  • noun military, UK the highest field officer grade, below general officers, NATO grade O7

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a general officer ranking below a major general

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from brigade, brigade; see brigade.]

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Borrowing from French.

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Examples

  • The second was the brigadier from the garage with a list of the cars assigned to the drivers.

    The Happy Foreigner 1920

  • Well, and afterwards, up to her death, indeed, he lived with her, and they do say she led him a pretty dance — the brigadier, that is; sent him on foot from Moscow into the country — by God, she did — to get her rents in, I suppose.

    A Desperate Character 2006

  • The brigadier was a regular soldier and nothing but a soldier from head to foot, in thought, in manner and in his decisive phrases.

    My Second Year of the War Frederick Palmer 1915

  • The brigadier was a thick-set, soldierly looking man, fit as a fiddle in spite of the grey hairs which mingled with his brown moustache, and his eyes lit up as he saw his two sons still safe and well.

    With Haig on the Somme D. H. Parry 1915

  • The brigadier is a capital fellow; and though he does keep us hard at work, at any rate he works hard himself, and does not send us galloping about with all sorts of trivial messages that might as well be unsent.

    With Moore at Corunna 1867

  • Well, and afterwards, up to her death, indeed, he lived with her, and they do say she led him a pretty dance -- the brigadier, that is; sent him on foot from Moscow into the country -- by

    A Desperate Character and Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • And Judge Harbottle, in what was then called a brigadier-wig, with his red roquelaure on, helped the glowing effect of the darkened chamber, which looked red all over like a room on fire.

    Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • Protests: Both Conservatives and Liberals Are Right … Just Looking at Different Sides of the Same Coin brigadier gerard - 10/9/11 10:34pm While attention is being focused on the upcoming G20 meeting as the place where a definitive solution must be advanced, it is increasingly clear there are no longer any "economic" measures available.

    Crooks and Liars Bluegal aka Fran 2011

  • The presence of McDonald - the so-called brigadier of the South Belfast wing of the loyalist paramilitary group - and other loyalist leaders is considered to be a significant step in building relations with republican and nationalist communities.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2008

  • The presence of McDonald - the so-called brigadier of the South Belfast wing of the loyalist paramilitary group - and other loyalist leaders is considered to be a significant step in building relations with republican and nationalist communities.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2008

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