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bri·gade

   [bri-geyd] noun, verb, -gad·ed, -gad·ing.
noun
1.
a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
2.
a large body of troops.
3.
a group of individuals organized for a particular purpose: a fire brigade; a rescue brigade.
4.
bucket brigade.
5.
History/Historical. a convoy of canoes, sleds, wagons, or pack animals, especially as used to supply trappers in the 18th- and 19th-century Canadian and U.S. fur trade.
verb (used with object)
6.
to form into a brigade.
7.
to group together.

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Origin:
1630–40; < French < Old Italian brigata company of soldiers, orig. group, band, equivalent to brig(are) probably to associate (with), be together (obsolete sense) (see brigand) + -ata -ade1

Related forms
in·ter·bri·gade, adjective
sub·bri·gade, noun
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  • Recruits for the various regiments connected with this brigade are coming in thick and fast.
  • The right-wing attack brigade believes nothing can be explained by either science or mathematics.
  • They all considered themselves volunteer members of the antipoaching brigade.
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brigade (brɪˈɡeɪd)
 
—n
1.  a formation of fighting units, together with support arms and services, smaller than a division and usually commanded by a brigadier
2.  a group of people organized for a certain task: a rescue brigade
 
—vb
3.  to organize into a brigade
4.  to put or group together
 
[C17: from Old French, from Old Italian, from brigare to fight, perhaps of Celtic origin; see brigand]

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brigade
"subdivision of an army," 1630s, from Fr. brigade "body of soldiers" (14c.), from It. brigata "troop, crowd, gang," from brigare "brawl, fight," from briga "strife, quarrel," perhaps of Celtic (cf. Gael. brigh, Welsh bri "power") or Germanic origin.
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