Brigadier
noun
A high-ranking military officer, often in charge of a large group of soldiers or a brigade.
The brigadier led his troop into the battlefield and commanded them wisely.
Often appears as...
- brigadier general
- retired brigadier
noun
A high-ranking military officer, often in charge of a large group of soldiers or a brigade.
The brigadier led his troop into the battlefield and commanded them wisely.
Often appears as...
- brigadier general
- retired brigadier
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Military Rank
Understand that 'brigadier' refers to a specific rank, below general but above colonel.
During the promotion ceremony, the colonel was elevated to the rank of brigadier.
Pro Tip 2/3Army Context
The term is typically used within the army, less commonly in other branches of the military.
The army brigadier visited the frontline troops to assess their readiness.
Pro Tip 3/3Leadership Role
A brigadier often has a significant leadership role and responsibility for strategic decisions.
As a brigadier, she was responsible for developing the brigade's combat strategy.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Rank
Understand that 'brigadier' refers to a specific rank, below general but above colonel.
During the promotion ceremony, the colonel was elevated to the rank of brigadier.
Pro Tip 2/3Army Context
The term is typically used within the army, less commonly in other branches of the military.
The army brigadier visited the frontline troops to assess their readiness.
Pro Tip 3/3Leadership Role
A brigadier often has a significant leadership role and responsibility for strategic decisions.
As a brigadier, she was responsible for developing the brigade's combat strategy.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Rank
Understand that 'brigadier' refers to a specific rank, below general but above colonel.
During the promotion ceremony, the colonel was elevated to the rank of brigadier.
Pro Tip 2/3Army Context
The term is typically used within the army, less commonly in other branches of the military.
The army brigadier visited the frontline troops to assess their readiness.
Pro Tip 3/3Leadership Role
A brigadier often has a significant leadership role and responsibility for strategic decisions.
As a brigadier, she was responsible for developing the brigade's combat strategy.
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
weapons once both of them cocked their weapons i knew they meant business this is brigadier abdul rahman bilal a retired pakistani army officer his son helped him set up a skype call with me from his home in rawalpindi where i could hear small children in the
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Stanley McChrystal:...
And what we thought about the possibility of those young soldiers going into combat as being theoretical was now very, very real -- and leadership seemed important. But things had changed; I was a 46-year-old brigadier general. I'd been successful,
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
weapons once both of them cocked their weapons i knew they meant business this is brigadier abdul rahman bilal a retired pakistani army officer his son helped him set up a skype call with me from his home in rawalpindi where i could hear small children in the
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Stanley McChrystal:...
And what we thought about the possibility of those young soldiers going into combat as being theoretical was now very, very real -- and leadership seemed important. But things had changed; I was a 46-year-old brigadier general. I'd been successful,
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Quote examples
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian Economist
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.
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John Eisenhower
American Soldier
When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian Economist
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.
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John Eisenhower
American Soldier
When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general.
Example 1 of 2
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