Definitions for brigade

brigade bri·gade

Spelling: [bri-geyd]
IPA: /brɪˈgeɪd/

Brigade is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in brigade (abdegir).

Definitions for brigade

noun

  1. a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
  2. a large body of troops.
  3. a group of individuals organized for a particular purpose:
  4. bucket brigade.
  5. History/Historical. a convoy of canoes, sleds, wagons, or pack animals, especially as used to supply trappers in the 18th- and 19th-century Canadian and U.S. fur trade.

verb (used with object)

  1. to form into a brigade.
  2. to group together.

Origin of brigade

1630-40; French Old Italian brigata company of soldiers, orig. group, band, equivalent to brig(are) probably to associate (with), be together (obsolete sense) (see bri

Examples for brigade

The 3rd brigade with camels would follow if the road was passable.

That attack had been repulsed with slaughter, and the brigade was concentrated.

His fixer, who Barfi said was affiliated with the Islamist Tawhid brigade, was set free 15 days later.

Meanwhile, the 3rd brigade had passed a tranquil night at Nawagai.

The first Maryland brigade as a corps de reserve on the road.

With the Vice Minster of Justice now a hostage, Gen. Pardo's 4th brigade had little choice but to strike.

He advised that the Guides should be called up to reinforce the brigade.

Simultaneously, a brigade of mercenaries and Congolese soldiers would seal off the city and expel the guerrillas.

The commander of the Army brigade assigned to defend Bayji had retreated to Tikrit.

Shamsi led the FSA brigade in the Syrian city of Der al Zour, the largest city on the Syria-Iraq border.

Word Value for brigade
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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