Word Meanings - BRIGADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general. Note: Two or more brigades constitute a division, commanded by a major general; two or more divisions
Additional info about word: BRIGADE
A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general. Note: Two or more brigades constitute a division, commanded by a major general; two or more divisions constitute an army corps, or corps d'armée. 2. Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. Brigade inspector, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. -- Brigade major, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties. (more info) brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel.
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- UNDERDOER
One who underdoes; a shirk. - UNDERBRED
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith. - UNDERSECRETARY
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury. - 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. - TROOPSHIP
A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport. - UNDERPLOT
1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison. - UNDERNICENESS
A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety. - UNDERSOIL
The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil. - UNDERDOLVEN
p. p. of Underdelve. - MIXEDLY
In a mixed or mingled manner. - UNDERPROP
To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton. - UNDERNIME
1. To receive; to perceive. He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. Piers Plowman. - UNDERCREST
To support as a crest; to bear. Shak. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - UNDERSAY
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser. - UNDERTAPSTER
Assistant to a tapster. - UNDERDELVE
To delve under. - UNDERSTOOD
imp. & p. p. of Understand. - ARTILLERY
fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, - MAJORSHIP
The office of major. - MIX
mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. miçra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. 1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of - BORDEAUX MIXTURE
A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons. - PLUNDERER
One who plunders or pillages. - DUNDERHEAD
A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl. - TEN-POUNDER
A large oceanic fish found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.