Brigadier meaning

brĭg'ə-dîr'
The definition of a brigadier is a British army officer who ranks below a major general and above a colonel.

An example of a brigadier is an army leader who brings a group of soldiers into a battle.

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A brigadier general.
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A British military officer ranking above a colonel and below a major general.
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(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
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(military, UK) The highest field officer grade, below general officers, NATO grade O7
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Origin of brigadier

  • French from brigade brigade brigade
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Wiktionary

Brigadier Sentence Examples

  • On a direct-fired furnace at least one man, the brigadier, must be an expert in all the operations involved; but with a gas furnace a division of labour is possible.

  • Upon Wayne's death in 1796, Wilkinson became general in command of the regular army, retaining his rank as brigadier and likewise his Spanish pension.

  • It was at this time too that the many-sided Alexius invented his famous "drops," or tinctura toniconervina Bestuschefi, the recipe of which was stolen by the French brigadier Lamotte, who made his fortune by introducing it at the French court, where it was known as Elixir d'Or.

  • Iturbide, who was master of the country for the time, made Santa-Anna brigadier and governor of La Vera Cruz.

  • In 1794 we find him as brigadier attached to the army of the Sambre et Meuse, and after Jourdan's victory at Fleurus he was appointed a general of division.

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