"brigadier general" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: brigadier generals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brigadier general (plural brigadier generals)
  1. (military) A military officer who commands a brigade. Categories (topical): Military, People Translations (an officer commanding a brigade): brigádní generál [masculine] (Czech), brigadegeneral (Danish), prikaatikenraali (Finnish), prikaatinkenraali (english: old) (Finnish), brigadier-général (French), Brigadegeneral (German), ταξίαρχος (taxíarchos) [masculine] (Greek), brigadiere generale [masculine] (Italian), comandante di brigata [masculine] (Italian), бригаден генерал (english: brigaden general) [masculine] (Macedonian), general de brigadă [masculine] (Romanian), бригадни генерал [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бригадна генералица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brigadni general [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brigadna generalica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-brigadier_general-en-noun-GqoN4aZU Disambiguation of People: 51 6 43 Categories (other): English terms where the adjective follows the noun Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 17 41 41 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'an officer commanding a brigade': 80 7 12
  2. (US, military) A one star general. Tags: US Categories (topical): Military Translations (A one star general): brigádní generál [masculine] (Czech), brigadegeneral [common-gender] (Danish), prikaatikenraali (Finnish), lippueamiraali (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-brigadier_general-en-noun-qPNqCFn6 Categories (other): American English, English terms where the adjective follows the noun Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 17 41 41 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'A one star general': 0 96 3
  3. (military) A military rank between colonel and the second lowest general rank or major general, having an O7 NATO rank scale equivalency Categories (topical): Military ranks, Leaders, People Synonyms: brigadier, Brig. Gen. [abbreviation] Coordinate_terms: commodore admiral, rear admiral (english: lower half)
    Sense id: en-brigadier_general-en-noun-uqYwJCx2 Disambiguation of Leaders: 30 8 62 Disambiguation of People: 51 6 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms where the adjective follows the noun, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 15 80 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 22 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 13 80 Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 17 41 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 18 76 Topics: government, military, politics, war

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