brigadier
noun
brig·a·dier
ˌbri-gə-ˈdir 
1
: an officer in the British army commanding a brigade and ranking immediately below a major general
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The officers, one of them a major-general and several of them brigadiers -- some of the highest ranks in the South African police -- were all released on bail.
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Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
They’re joined by a pair of brigadiers from New Zealand, who were seized by Italian troops in Libya during Mussolini’s North African campaign.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
By the end of the war, Clarke had risen to the rank of brigadier, and he was highly praised.
—Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Finnegan Lee Elder, 23, and Gabriel Natale-Hjort, 22, were convicted in the killing of deputy brigadier of the Carabinieri Mario Cerciello Rega in July 2019.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024
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Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
They’re joined by a pair of brigadiers from New Zealand, who were seized by Italian troops in Libya during Mussolini’s North African campaign.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
By the end of the war, Clarke had risen to the rank of brigadier, and he was highly praised.
—Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Finnegan Lee Elder, 23, and Gabriel Natale-Hjort, 22, were convicted in the killing of deputy brigadier of the Carabinieri Mario Cerciello Rega in July 2019.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Brigadier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigadier. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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