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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. a general officer ranking below a major general
  3. 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.
  4. An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a majorgeneral. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by ashortening of his title, simple a brigadier.