Brevet

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brevet \Bre*vet"\, a. (Mil.)
     Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a
     brevet commission.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"; 277), n. [F. brevet, LL.
     brevetum, fr. L. brevis short. See {Brief}.]
     1. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege,
        title, or dignity. [French usage].
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     2. (Mil.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than
        that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of
        an officer.
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     Note: In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred,
           by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for
           "gallant actions or meritorious services." A brevet
           rank gives no right of command in the particular corps
           to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be
           exercised only by special assignment of the President,
           or on court martial, and detachments composed of
           different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on
           such duty.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Brevetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brevetting}.] (Mil.)
     To confer rank upon by brevet.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brevet
       n : a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher
           rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
       v : promote somebody by brevet, in the military
       [also: {brevetting}, {brevetted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "brevet":
     agency, agentship, appointment, assignment, authority,
     authorization, bull, care, charge, charter, commission,
     commissioning, commitment, concession, consignment, cure,
     declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum,
     delegated authority, delegation, deputation, devolution,
     devolvement, dictum, diktat, diploma, edict, edictum, embassy,
     empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship,
     exequatur, factorship, fiat, franchise, full power, grant,
     ipse dixit, jurisdiction, law, legation, letters patent, liberty,
     license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission, office, ordinance,
     ordonnance, patent, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney,
     power to act, proclamation, procuration, pronouncement,
     pronunciamento, proxy, purview, regency, regentship, rescript,
     responsibility, royal grant, rule, ruling, senatus consult,
     senatus consultum, task, trust, trusteeship, ukase,
     vicarious authority, warrant
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BREVET. In France, a brevet is a warrant granted by the government to 
  authorize an individual to do something for his own benefit, as a brevet 
  d'invention, is a patent to secure a man a right as inventor. 
       2. In our army, it signifies a commission conferring on an officer a 
  degree of rank immediately above the one which he holds in his particular 
  regiment, without, however conveying a right to receive a corresponding pay.