brigadiern.

/brɪɡəˈdɪə/

Forms: Also 1600s brigadeere.

Etymology: ? < French brigadier (not in Cotgrave 1611), < brigade : see brigade n.

More correctly brigadier-general. A military officer in command of a brigade; the status ranks between a major-general and a colonel, but is only local or temporary, being generally held by the senior colonel of the regiments or battalions brigaded together.The rank of brigadier general was abolished after the war of 1914–18 and superseded by that of colonel-commandant. In 1928 this was superseded by brigadier.

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sub-brigadier1676

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1678 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 162 It shall not rest upon him if I be not made a brigadeere.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2573/4 His Majesty sent Monsieur de la Meloniere, Brigadier-General, with 5 Regiments.

1703 London Gaz. 3916/1 He has appoint 4 Brigadiers General.

1809 Duke of Wellington Let. 1 July in Dispatches (1837) IV. 484 I appointed Colonel Low to be a Brigadier General.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 3 Officers serving on the Staff in the capacity of Brigadier-Generals are to take Rank..from their Commissions as Colonels in the Army, not from the dates of their appointments as Brigadiers.

1929 Evening Standard 13 May 13/2 Officers holding the new rank of Brigadier introduced in the Army last summer are still commonly known as ‘Generals’.

Compounds

† brigadier-wig n. Obsolete see quot.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > gathered and tied > types of

major?1750

brigadier-wigc1770

c1770 J. Granger Lett. (1805) 280 A full wig tied back in one curl is a Major, in two curls is a Brigadeer.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xiii. 165 A man..in a brigadeer wig and grave habit.

1818 Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 346 He..pushed back his brigadier wig.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	brigadier
释义	brigadiern. /brɪɡəˈdɪə/ Forms: Also 1600s brigadeere. Etymology: ? < French brigadier (not in Cotgrave 1611), < brigade : see brigade n. More correctly brigadier-general. A military officer in command of a brigade; the status ranks between a major-general and a colonel, but is only local or temporary, being generally held by the senior colonel of the regiments or battalions brigaded together.The rank of brigadier general was abolished after the war of 1914–18 and superseded by that of colonel-commandant. In 1928 this was superseded by brigadier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > brigadier sub-brigadier1676 brigadier1678 1678 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 162 It shall not rest upon him if I be not made a brigadeere. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2573/4 His Majesty sent Monsieur de la Meloniere, Brigadier-General, with 5 Regiments. 1703 London Gaz. 3916/1 He has appoint 4 Brigadiers General. 1809 Duke of Wellington Let. 1 July in Dispatches (1837) IV. 484 I appointed Colonel Low to be a Brigadier General. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 3 Officers serving on the Staff in the capacity of Brigadier-Generals are to take Rank..from their Commissions as Colonels in the Army, not from the dates of their appointments as Brigadiers. 1929 Evening Standard 13 May 13/2 Officers holding the new rank of Brigadier introduced in the Army last summer are still commonly known as ‘Generals’. Compounds † brigadier-wig n. Obsolete see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > gathered and tied > types of major?1750 brigadier-wigc1770 c1770 J. Granger Lett. (1805) 280 A full wig tied back in one curl is a Major, in two curls is a Brigadeer. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xiii. 165 A man..in a brigadeer wig and grave habit. 1818 Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 346 He..pushed back his brigadier wig. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1678
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