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–noun

1.	British Military. a rank between colonel and major general.

2.	U.S. Army Informal. a brigadier general.

3.	History/Historical. a noncommissioned rank in the Napoleonic armies.

[Origin: 1670–80; < F: officer commanding a brigade; see brigade, -ier²

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—Related forms

brig·a·dier·ship, noun

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n. A brigadier general.

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

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brigadier
noun
a general officer ranking below a major general

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brigadier [brigəˈdiə] noun

in the army, the commander of a brigade

Arabic:	عَميد
Chinese (Simplified):	旅长
Chinese (Traditional):	旅長
Czech:	brigádní generál
Danish:	brigadechef
Dutch:	brigadecommandant
Estonian:	brigaadikomandör
Finnish:	prikaatinkomentaja
French:	général de brigade
German:	der Brigadenkommandent
Greek:	ταξίαρχος
Hungarian:	dandártábornok
Icelandic:	liðsforingi
Indonesian:	komandan brigade
Italian:	generale di brigata*

Japanese:	准将
Korean:	준장
Latvian:	brigādes komandieris
Lithuanian:	brigados vadas
Norwegian:	brigadesjef
Polish:	generał brygady
Portuguese (Brazil):	brigadeiro
Portuguese (Portugal):	brigadeiro
Romanian:	general de brigadă
Russian:	бригадный генерал
Slovak:	brigádny generál
Slovenian:	brigadni general
Spanish:	general de brigada
Swedish:	brigadgeneral
Turkish:	tugay komutanı