[ F. brigadier, fr. brigade. ] (Mil.) An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a
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a. [ L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz. ] Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. --