Definition of brigadier general in US English:
brigadier general
nounˈbrɪɡəˌdɪ(ə)r ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəlˈbriɡəˌdi(ə)r ˈjen(ə)rəl
An officer in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking above colonel and below major general.
Example sentencesExamples
- A wing, normally commanded by a brigadier general, is the Air Force's prime warfighting instrument.
- He was promoted to brigadier general in February 1865.
- He was a brigadier general, and he had been sent by Eighth Army Headquarters.
- As the lone brigadier general present, I was the last to respond.
- Now a brigadier general, Roosevelt performed with distinction, first in North Africa, then in Sicily.