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brigadiership

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brig⋅a⋅dier

[brig-uh-deer]
–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


brig⋅a⋅dier⋅ship, noun
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