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BRIGADIER GENERAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brigadier general mean?
• BRIGADIER GENERAL (noun)
The noun BRIGADIER GENERAL has 1 sense:
1. a general officer ranking below a major general
Familiarity information: BRIGADIER GENERAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A general officer ranking below a major general
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
brigadier; brigadier general
Hypernyms ("brigadier general" is a kind of...):
general officer (officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel)
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