Brigade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A military unit consisting of a variable number of combat battalions or regiments.
  • n. A U.S. Army administrative and tactical unit composed of a headquarters unit, at least one unit of infantry or armor or both, and designated support units. A brigade can be commanded by a brigadier general or by a colonel.
  • n. A group of persons organized for a specific purpose: formed a bucket brigade to carry water to the fire.
  • v. To form into a brigade.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A group of people organized to perform a common purpose. e.g. a work brigade, a fire brigade
  • n. Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
  • v. To form troops into a brigade
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.
  • n. Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority.
  • v. To form into a brigade, or into brigades.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A party or division of troops or soldiers, whether cavalry or infantry, regulars or militia, consisting of several regiments, squadrons, or battalions, under the command of a brigadier, or brigadier-general.
  • n. A body of individuals organized, generally wearing a uniform, and acting under authority: as, a fire brigade.
  • To form into a brigade or into brigades: as, regiments of militia are brigaded with regiments of the line.
  • Hence To arrange or embody in a single collection or group; group together, as in zoölogy, under a single name.
  • n. In zoology, a division of no fixed value, used in the sense of ‘cohort,’ as a convenient term for assemblages of animals which may not be included in any of the divisions commonly employed.
  • n. A small squad of engineers or of other technical troops: as, the full sap was executed by a brigade of eight sappers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. form or unite into a brigade
  • n. army unit smaller than a division
  • Verb Form
    brigaded    brigades    brigading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    group    aggroup    army unit   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    brigaded    brigading   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    division    organization    organize   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blade    Cade    Crusade    Dade    Jade    Kincaid    Slade    Wade    ade    afraid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    battalion    platoon    cavalry    squadron    headquarters    detachment    division    commander    troop    echelon