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BRIGADIER |
Army rank, next above colonel |
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL |
An army officer in rank next below a general and
next above a major general. |
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MAJOR |
An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a
lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. |
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CAPTAIN |
An officer in the United States navy, next above a
commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the
army. |
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COMMODORE |
An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by
courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore
corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army. |
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MAJOR GENERAL |
An officer of the army holding a rank next above that
of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who
usually commands a division or a corps. |
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BRIGADIER GENERAL |
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below
a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
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ETAT MAJOR |
The staff of an army, including all officers above the
rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters,
commissaries, engineer... |