- brigadier general
- noun Date: 1690 a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a colonel and whose insignia is one star
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Brigadier General — is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier, would command a… … Wikipedia
Brigadier-général — Brigadier Pour les articles homonymes, voir Brigadier (homonymie). Brigadier est un grade militaire existant dans nombre d armées. Il désigne généralement le commandant d une brigade. Sommaire 1 Autriche 2 Canad … Wikipédia en Français
brigadier general — brigadier generals also brigadier general N COUNT; N TITLE In the United States, a brigadier general is a senior officer in the armed forces who is often in charge of a brigade and has a rank above colonel and below major general. ...Brigadier… … English dictionary
Brigadier general — Brig a*dier gen er*al [F. brigadier, fr. brigade.] (Mil.) An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a {brigadier}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brigadier-general — UK US noun [countable] [singular brigadier general plural brigadier generals] an officer of high rank in the US Army, marines , or Air Force Thesaurus: officers in the armed forces … Useful english dictionary
brigadier general — n. U.S. Mil. a military officer with an insignia of one star, ranking above a colonel and below a major general … English World dictionary
brigadier-general — n a high army rank or someone holding this rank … Dictionary of contemporary English
brigadier-general — noun count an officer of high rank in the U.S. Army, MARINES, or Air Force … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Brigadier General — Der Brigadegeneral ist der unterste Generalsrang im Heer und bei der Luftwaffe. Eine Brigade wird von einem Oberst oder einem Brigadegeneral kommandiert. Die Brigade (bestehend aus 1.400–4.200 Soldaten) ist der kleinste, aus mehreren… … Deutsch Wikipedia
brigadier general — pl. brigadier generals. U.S. Army. an officer of the rank between colonel and major general. [1680 90] * * * ▪ military rank also called Brigadier, a military rank just above that of colonel. In both the British and U.S. armies of… … Universalium
brigadier general — noun a general officer ranking below a major general (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑brigadier • Hypernyms: ↑general officer * * * noun, pl ⋯ rals [count] : an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is ranked above a colonel; also : the rank… … Useful english dictionary
