brigadier general
noun
an officer of the rank between colonel and major general.
brigadier generals
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pluralof brigadier general.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It said 2,389 military personnel — including six brigadier generals — and their family members had surrendered by Friday and that all were evacuated to safety.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Russian major generals are roughly equivalent in rank to American one-star or brigadier generals.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2022
There aren’t speeches by admirals or brigadier generals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2018
The signatories include two generals, two admirals, 11 brigadier generals, 10 major-generals, and seven lieutenant-generals, not to mention two former CIA directors and seven ambassadors.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2017
The Mexican authorities, through Alcorta, Secretary of War and of the Navy, named two brigadier generals of the Mexican army, Mora y Villamil and Benito Quijano, to act as commissioners.
From General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright
