brigade

[ bri-geyd ]

/ brɪˈgeɪd /

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noun

a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.

a large body of troops.

a group of individuals organized for a particular purpose: a fire brigade; a rescue brigade.

bucket brigade.

History/Historical. a convoy of canoes, sleds, wagons, or pack animals, especially as used to supply trappers in the 18th- and 19th-century Canadian and U.S. fur trade.

verb (used with object), bri·gad·ed, bri·gad·ing.

to form into a brigade.

to group together.

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Origin of brigade

1630–40; <French <Old Italian brigata company of soldiers, originally group, band, equivalent to brig(are) probably to associate (with), be together (obsolete sense) (see brigand) + -ata-ade¹

OTHER WORDS FROM brigade

in·ter·bri·gade, adjectivesub·bri·gade, noun

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How to use brigade in a sentence

Cooks moving up in the ranks of the brigade system understand how little they matter and how much that big name can boost a career.
The Toxicity of Restaurant Kitchens Is Exactly Why I Never Reported Abuses|Lindsey Danis|February 4, 2021|Eater
The Reddit brigade, for one, is getting restless for Round 3 of stimmies.
Bitcoin, Big Tech and crude gain as the focus shifts to more stimulus|Bernhard Warner|February 4, 2021|Fortune
More interesting for the Reddit brigade, short positions have dropped from nearly 140% of shares outstanding to roughly 50% yesterday, says the shorts-trackers at S3 Partners.
GameStop plunges again as the retail rally fades|Bernhard Warner|February 2, 2021|Fortune
Let’s spin the roulette wheel, and see what the Reddit brigade is targeting today… Yep, it’s silver.
The Reddit brigade finds a new target in silver, and that sets off an unlikely rally|Bernhard Warner|February 1, 2021|Fortune

As McKay Coppins wrote in a profile, Gingrich was chased out of Congress by the “same bloodthirsty brigade he’d helped elect.”
Newt Gingrich’s blatant hypocrisy|Erik Wemple|January 11, 2021|Washington Post
In fact, anticipating this very emergency, brigading with the British had already been begun.
With the Doughboy in France|Edward Hungerford
In brigading the regiments no attention whatever was paid to the race or color of the men.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army|T. G. Steward
Sometime in the same month an order was issued from army headquarters, regularly brigading Morgan's command.
History of Morgan's Cavalry|Basil W. Duke
Strongholds were strengthening, regiments brigading, cavalry organizing on all sides.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for brigade

brigade

/ (brɪˈɡeɪd) /

noun

a formation of fighting units, together with support arms and services, smaller than a division and usually commanded by a brigadier

a group of people organized for a certain taska rescue brigade

verb (tr)

to organize into a brigade

to put or group together

Word Origin for brigade

C17: from Old French, from Old Italian, from brigare to fight, perhaps of Celtic origin; see brigand

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