Brigadier

3 definitions found

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

  Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr.
     brigade.] (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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brigadier
       n : a general officer ranking below a major general [syn: {brigadier
           general}]

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

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "brigadier":
     ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier general, captain,
     chicken colonel, chief of staff, colonel, commandant, commander,
     commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer,
     company officer, exec, executive officer, field marshal,
     field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general,
     four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo,
     jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel,
     lieutenant general, major, major general, marechal, marshal,
     officer, one-star general, orderly officer, risaldar,
     senior officer, shavetail, sirdar, staff officer, subahdar,
     subaltern, sublieutenant, the Old Man, the brass,
     three-star general, top brass, two-star general