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.

brigadier general

n, pl brigadier generals1. (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 brigade2. (Military) the former name for a brigadier¹

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]

Thesaurus

Noun

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

Translations

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brigadier general