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brigade definition

bri·gade (bri gād′)

noun

  1. a large unit of soldiers
    1. Historical a unit of the U.S. Army comprising two or more regiments
    2. now, a military unit composed of two or more battalions with service and administrative units
  3. a group of people organized to function as a unit in some work a fire brigade

Etymology: Fr < MFr < OIt brigata, troop, company < brigare, to contend < briga, strife, quarrel

transitive verb brigaded -·gad′ed, brigading -·gad′·ing

to organize into a brigade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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