brigadier general

noun

U.S. Army.

plural

brigadier generals 

1. an officer of the rank between colonel and major general.

brigadier general

noun

1. 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 brigade

2. the former name for a brigadier

Word History and Origins

Origin of brigadier general¹

First recorded in 1680–90