brevet
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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verb
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Etymology
Origin of brevet
1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French brievet. See brief, -et
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I hereby grant you the rank of brevet colonel in the army of the level-headed, Pacific Command.
From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2019
Rolling in after 407km, we got our brevet cards stamped and tucked into warming bowls of homemade daal.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2018
Instead of settling down to the law after he left Harvard, 26-year-old Charles went dashing off to the Civil War, rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his own absence from Washington, Johnson has increasingly relied on the Defense Secretary to act as unofficial brevet deputy President.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon the foregoing information your committee beg leave to submit to the consideration of Congress the following resolutions, That a brevet commission of Lieutenant Colonel be granted to M. Louis Ethis de Corney.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various
By the time the Big Parade was over, Hero York had been lionized, publicized, feted, decorated and breveted "the one-man army."
From Time Magazine Archive
He served in the Mexican War under Scott, and was breveted for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco and at Chapultepec.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Like Major Young he was breveted by the President for distinguished service and later was promoted to the full rank of Major, coming home in command of the battalion.
From The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. by Charles R. Mabey
Before that day had ended Roderick Hardinge was breveted a Major.
From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by John Lespérance
He was breveted first lieutenant at Molinos del Rey, and captain at Chapultepec, for gallantry in the field.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
A dog hunting through a wood is always said to be "breveting."
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
After the war’s end, Otis was brevetted with the rank of lieutenant colonel by his commander Rutherford B. Hayes, who commended Otis for his “gallantry and meritorious services.”
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2016
Into the breach sped an army of energetic amateurs who were soon brevetted with official status.
From Time Magazine Archive
Was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg while commanding the Second Corps, and brevetted colonel U.S.A. for gallant and meritorious service in that action.
From The Battle of the Big Hole A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877. by G. O. Shields
He had been twice brevetted for gallantry—once for services against the Seminole Indians in Florida, and once for the battle of Molino del Rey in Mexico, where he was badly wounded.
From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Abner Doubleday
During the Civil War, Meigs served as quartermaster general, and in 1864 he was brevetted major general.
From Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] by Margaret Brown Klapthor
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