brigadier

Borrowed from French brigadier. Equivalent to brigade +‎ -ier.

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪɡəˈdɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

brigadier (plural brigadiers)

1. (military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
2. (military, UK) A field officer of the highest grade, below general officers, NATO grade O7.
3. (historical) The head of a workforce in the Soviet Union.
   • 1952, The Soviet Bloc as Reported by Former Nationals Interview Report

     The supervisory staff of the farm did their work well, according to the source. All the brigadiers were old, experienced workers who knew their business.

• brigadier general
• senior colonel

• commodore

• commodore admiral
• rear admiral (lower half)
• senior captain
• fleet captain

• “brigadier”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

• brigadier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• air bridge, airbridge

Borrowed from French brigadier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.ɣaːˈdiːr/

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• Hyphenation: bri‧ga‧dier
• Rhymes: -iːr

brigadier m (plural brigadiers)

1. constable (police officer of some seniority)
2. (historical) brigadier, corporal, or a colonel in charge of a brigade

• → Indonesian: brigadir
• → Papiamentu: brigadir
• → Sranan Tongo: brigadiri

brigade +‎ -ier.

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.ɡa.dje/

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brigadier m (plural brigadiers, feminine brigadière)

1. brigadier (military)
2. crossing guard
   • 2023 February 1 (last accessed) Careers - Jobs - Ottawa Safety Council‎:

     Être Brigadier

     Become a Crossing Guard

• bricard
• brigadier-chef
• brigadier-général
• brigadier scolaire
• sous-brigadier

• → Dutch: brigadier
  • → Indonesian: brigadir
  • → Papiamentu: brigadir
  • → Sranan Tongo: brigadiri
• → English: brigadier
• → Romanian: brigadier
• → Spanish: brigadier

• “brigadier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French brigadier.

• IPA^(key): /bri.ɡa.diˈer/

brigadier m (plural brigadieri, feminine equivalent brigadieră)

1. brigadier (military)
2. forester (forestry)
3. (dated) brigadier general

• (forester): brigadier silvic, brigadier forestier
• (brigadier general): general de brigadă

• brigadă

• brigadier in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

brigadier m (plural brigadiers)

1. brigadier

• “brigadier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014