brigadier general

See also: Brigadier General

English

Alternative forms

Brig. Gen. (abbreviation)

Noun

brigadier general (plural brigadier generals)

(military) A military officer who commands a brigade.
(US, military) A one star general.
(military) A military rank between colonel and the second lowest general rank or major general, having an O7 NATO rank scale equivalency

Usage notes

When used as a title, it is always capitalized.

Example: Brigadier General John Doe.

The rank corresponds to pay grade O-7. Abbreviations: BG.

Synonyms

brigadier

Coordinate terms

Translations

an officer commanding a brigade

Czech: brigádní generál m
Danish: brigadegeneral (da)
Finnish: prikaatikenraali (fi), prikaatinkenraali (fi) (old)
French: brigadier-général (fr)
German: Brigadegeneral (de)
Greek: ταξίαρχος (el) m (taxíarchos)
Italian: brigadiere generale m, comandante di brigata m
Macedonian: бригаден генерал m (brigaden general)
Romanian: general de brigadă m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бригадни генерал m, бригадна генералица f

Roman: brigadni general m, brigadna generalica f

A one star general

Czech: brigádní generál m
Danish: brigadegeneral (da) c
Finnish: prikaatikenraali (fi), lippueamiraali (fi)

Further reading

brigadier general on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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