brigade
bri·gade / briˈgād/ • n. a subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and/or other units and often forming part of a division: he commanded a brigade of 3,000 men. ∎ an organization with a specific purpose, typically with a military or quasi-military structure: the local fire brigade. ∎ [in sing.] inf., often derog. a group of people with a common characteristic or dedicated to a common cause: the anti-smoking brigade.
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Brigade
Brigade
BRIGADE. A military formation of two or more regiments, generally temporary, and commanded by a brigadier in the British army or a brigadier general in the American army. (During the Revolution the terms "regiment" and "battalion" were virtually synonymous.)
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