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brig•a•dier



Pronunciation: (brig"u-dēr'), [key]
—n.
1. Brit. Mil.a rank between colonel and major general.
2. U.S. Army Informal.a brigadier general.
3. Hist.a noncommissioned rank in the Napoleonic armies.

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brigadebrigadier general
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