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bre·vet     (brə-vět', brěv'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A commission promoting a military officer in rank without an increase in pay.

tr.v.   bre·vet·ted or bre·vet·ed, bre·vet·ting or bre·vet·ing, bre·vets
To promote by brevet.


[Middle English, official letter, from Anglo-Norman, diminutive of bref, letter, from Latin brevis, short; see brief.]

bre·vet'cy (brə-vět'sē) n.
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Brevetcy

Bre*vet"cy\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"s[y^]), n.; pl. Brevetcies (-s[i^]z). (Mil.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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