BREVET
\bɹˈɛvɪt], \bɹˈɛvɪt], \b_ɹ_ˈɛ_v_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of BREVET
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].
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A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
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To confer rank upon by brevet.
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Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
By Oddity Software
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A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].
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A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
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To confer rank upon by brevet.
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Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
By Noah Webster.
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An official note to an officer in the army giving him a higher nominal rank, but without change of duty or increase of pay; thus, a brevet major serves as captain and receives pay as such.
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To confer brevet rank upon.
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Conferred by brevet.
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Brevetted.
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Brevetting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman