Brigade Definition

brĭ-gād
brigaded, brigades, brigading
noun
A large unit of soldiers.
Webster's New World
A unit of the U.S. Army comprising two or more regiments.
Webster's New World
Now, a military unit composed of two or more battalions with service and administrative units.
Webster's New World
A group of people organized to function as a unit in some work.
A fire brigade.
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verb
To organize into a brigade.
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Other Word Forms of Brigade

Noun

Singular:
brigade
Plural:
brigades

Origin of Brigade

  • French from Old French company from Old Italian brigata from brigare to fight from briga strife of Celtic origin gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French brigade

    From Wiktionary

Brigade Sentence Examples

  • The dissolution of the standing army, including the Black Brigade, was the immediate result of these decrees.

  • Hydrants are fixed in all the streets for the use of the fire brigade, which has a well disciplined and efficient personnel, and does not lack opportunities for the exhibition of its skill in a town built largely of wood.

  • We don't need the entire brigade.

  • In the meantime a French brigade had, after a tough struggle, effected a lodgment at Kum Kale.

  • He entered the Confederate army in 1861, took part as a private in the battle of Wilson's Creek, and as colonel commanded the Tenth Texas Infantry at Arkansas Post, Chickamauga (where he commanded a brigade during part of the battle), Missionary Ridge and Atlanta.

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Words Starting With

BBRBRI

Words Ending With

EDEADE

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Words Starting With B and Ending With E

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