brigadier general

brigadier general

n.

1. A commissioned rank in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above colonel and below major general.

2. One who holds this rank.

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brigadier general

n, pl brigadier generals

1. (Military) an officer of the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps who holds a rank junior to a major general but senior to a colonel, usually commanding a brigade

2. (Military) the former name for a brigadier¹

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brig′adier gen′eral

n., pl. brigadier generals.

an officer in the U.S. Army of the rank between colonel and major general.

[1680–90]

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Noun

1.

brigadier general - a general officer ranking below a major general brigadier general officer - officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel

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