brevet /brevˈit/

1. A military commission entitling an officer to take rank above that for which he or she receives pay
2. A badge indicating such a commission

To confer such rank on

• backstop
• backstops
• back story
• back straight
• back straights
• backstreet
• backstreet abortion
• backstreet abortions
• backstreets
• back stretch
• back stretches
• backstroke
• backstrokes
• backswimmer
• backswimmers
• backswing
• backswings
• backsword
• backswordman
• backswordmen
• backswords
• back talk
• back time
• back-to-back
• back to basics