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brigadier general
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brigadier general has 1 sense
- brigadier general(n = noun.person) brigadier - a general officer ranking below a major general; Array is a kind of general officer
CIDE DICTIONARY
brigadier general, [F. brigadier, fr. brigade.].
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]
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