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brig⋅a⋅dier

  [brig-uh-deer]
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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, -ier 2

Related forms:
brig⋅a⋅dier⋅ship, noun
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brig·a·dier   (brĭg'ə-dîr')   
n.  A brigadier general.

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

a military rank just above that of colonel. In both the British and U.S. armies of World War I, a brigadier general commanded a brigade. When the British abolished the brigade, they discontinued the rank of brigadier general but revived it as plain brigadier in 1928. In the U.S. and French military services, the brigadier general is the lowest-ranking general officer.

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