Definitions for brigadier

brigadier brig·a·dier

Spelling: [brig-uh-deer]
IPA: /ˌbrɪg əˈdɪər/

Brigadier is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in brigadier (abdegiirr).

Definitions for brigadier

noun

  1. British Military. a rank between colonel and major general.
  2. U.S. Army Informal. a brigadier general.
  3. History/Historical. a noncommissioned rank in the Napoleonic armies.

Origin of brigadier

1670-80; French: officer commanding a brigade; see brigade, -ier2

Examples for brigadier

Fifteen were reportedly wounded in the incident, including a German brigadier general.

And the brigadier hopes you 'll be speedy with it, for you must reach Maltz by nightfall.

Eleven out of 23 governors wear uniforms as well and even the president of the national airline, Conviasa, is a brigadier general.

All this I saw in the swift gallop down the hill to rejoin the brigadier.

From the star on either shoulder, Micheals knew he was a brigadier general.

Army spokesman Yoav Mordechai, a brigadier general, said the operation was not limited in time.

In that, the brigadier insisted, lay our only chance of success.

Saeed was part of the plot two years later to kidnap Daniel Pearl and turned himself in to brigadier Shah.

The occasion was the promotion of Tammy Smith to brigadier general in the U.S. Army.

I could, for instance, send a messenger with a word to the brigadier of the gendarmerie in Senlac.

Word Value for brigadier
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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