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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an army rank",
"word": "pirikitia"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "brigeḍiyar",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ब्रिगेडियर"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brygadier"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brigadeiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brigadier"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brigadieră"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brigadír",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бригади́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "\"brigadier general\"",
"roman": "brigádnyj generál",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"US",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"army",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "брига́дный генера́л"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brigadir"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brigàdīrka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brigadir"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brigadirka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brigadier"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bryhadyr",
"sense": "an army rank",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бригадир"
}
],
"word": "brigadier"
}
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