brigadier : Idioms & Phrases
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brigadier general
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noun a general officer ranking below a major general
brigadier.
WordNet
Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al
Etymology
F.Definitions
(Mil.) 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.