In the United States, a brigadier general is a senior officer in the armed forces who is often in charge of a brigade and has a rank above colonel and below major general.
...Brigadier General Gary Whipple of the Louisiana National Guard.
brigadier general in British English
nounWord forms: pluralbrigadier generals
1.
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. the former name for a brigadier (sense 1)
brigadier general in American English
US Military
a military officer with an insignia of one star, ranking above a colonel and below a major general
Examples of 'brigadier general' in a sentence
brigadier general
He was promoted successively to brigadier general and major general.
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