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brigadier(dictionary)
brigadier-general(dictionary)

brigadier (iou)



brigadier noun. Also (esp. in titles) Brigadier. L17.
[French, formed as BRIGADE + -IER.]
An officer commanding a brigade; (a titular rank granted to) a staff officer of similar standing, above colonel and below major-general. Formerly also brigadier general.
Comb.: brigadier general (a) Hist. see above; (b) an officer ranking above a colonel and below a major-general in the US Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps; brigadier wig Hist. a full wig tied back in two curls.