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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Brigadier general

/brĭgˌ-əd-ĭr' jĕn'-ẽr-əl/ · Brig·a·dier· gen·er·al · IPA
01 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 …
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    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.(Mil.) Also: brigadier