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- noun The role or position of a
brigadier .
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Examples
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He had attempted to betray his country; he received in exchange six thousand pounds sterling, together with a brigadiership in the British Army.
The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution James Francis Barrett 1911
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Page view page image: promoted to a brigadiership, and shortly afterwards he received his commission, bearing date 21 July.
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The President replied that he "was fully satisfied with General Pettigrew's qualifications; that he had been besieged by applications for brigadiership upon every conceivable ground -- this was the first instance of an officer refusing promotion."
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884
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Although Munford deserved a brigadiership, Stuart’s motives in recommending the capable colonel possessed a dark cast.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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Finally, with Lee’s and Stuart’s recommendations, Rosser would receive a brigadiership and command of Jones’s brigade in mid-October.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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Although Munford deserved a brigadiership, Stuart’s motives in recommending the capable colonel possessed a dark cast.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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Finally, with Lee’s and Stuart’s recommendations, Rosser would receive a brigadiership and command of Jones’s brigade in mid-October.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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