brigadier general
nounDefinition of brigadier general
: 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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Across the hall, amid a dozen or so family photos is one of her grandfather, who was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. — Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, "Patricia Altschul, 78, Is the Dowager Countess of ‘Southern Charm’," 15 Aug. 2019 Miller had been a brigadier general in the Union Army. — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, "America’s Exclusionary Past and Present and the Judgment of History," 17 Aug. 2019 Landwermeyer, a retired brigadier general, said HFOT constantly adjusts their home designs to make improvements based on the veterans’ feedback. — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "Community celebrates new home for wounded veteran," 16 Aug. 2019 The measures target the Myanmar government’s commander in chief, Min Aung Hlaing, deputy commander in chief, Soe Win, and two brigadier generals, Than Oo and Aung Aung. — John Hudson, Washington Post, "U.S. imposes travel restrictions on Myanmar military leaders over ‘atrocities’," 16 July 2019 Its current boss is a brigadier general with no oil experience. — The Economist, "Latin America’s state-run oil giants are struggling," 12 July 2019 Her promotion to brigadier general Tuesday makes Horvath the highest-ranking openly gay woman in the Minnesota National Guard. — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, "Eagan soldier becomes highest-ranking openly gay woman in Minnesota National Guard," 9 July 2019 She was promoted to brigadier general three years ago and began making history a year later when she was named as the first woman to lead Joint Task Force North with Northern Command at Fort Bliss, Texas. — John Bacon, USA TODAY, "Meet Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager, first woman to lead Army infantry division," 9 June 2019 After his confederate tenure, Castleman was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson and later became a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, "Arts group will file appeal to fight removal of Castleman statue in Cherokee Triangle," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brigadier general.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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