brigadier
noun
brig·a·dier
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Definition of brigadier
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: an officer in the British army commanding a brigade and ranking immediately below a major general
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The brigadier remained at large, according to two officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. — oregonlive.com, "Ethiopia says military chief killed, regional coup failed," 23 June 2019 The brigadier remained at large, according to two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. — Elias Meseret, BostonGlobe.com, "Ethiopia says military chief killed, regional coup failed," 23 June 2019 The attack in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara, was led by a renegade brigadier who had recently been pardoned by the prime minister after being jailed by the previous government, authorities said. — oregonlive.com, "Ethiopia says military chief killed, regional coup failed," 23 June 2019 The attack in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara, was led by a renegade brigadier who had recently been pardoned by the prime minister after being jailed by the previous government, authorities said. — Elias Meseret, BostonGlobe.com, "Ethiopia says military chief killed, regional coup failed," 23 June 2019 Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra was born on May 21, 1947, in the Punjab region to Pritpal and Joginder Singh Kalra, a brigadier in the Indian Army. — New York Times, "Jiggs Kalra, Food Writer Who Elevated Indian Fine Dining, Dies at 72," 12 June 2019 The retired brigadier was sworn-in and then took his oath of office, minutes after the declaration of the result by the country's chief justice, Abdulai Cham, the Sierra Leone Telegraph reported. — Bukola Adebayo, CNN, "Sierra Leone declares former junta head president," 4 Apr. 2018 According to the Encyclopeadia Britannica, Bagnold was an army brigadier who studied the origin of sand dunes and the process of sediment transport. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Footage of Early 20th-Century Explorations Now Available Online," 31 May 2017 Owen Monconduit, the first African American In Louisiana to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the Louisiana National Guard, served in Iraq and Afghanistan. — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, "How much will the Sewerage & Water Board emergency leadership be paid?," 28 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brigadier.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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brigadier
noun
English Language Learners Definition of brigadier
: a British army officer who is in charge of a brigade
also
: the rank of a brigadier
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