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Webster 1913 Edition
Brevet
1.
A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity.
[French usage]
. 2.
(Mil.)
A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
☞ In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for “gallant actions or meritorious services.” A brevet rank gives no right of command in the particular corps to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be exercised only by special assignment of the President, or on court martial, and detachments composed of different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on such duty.
Bre-vet′
(brē̍-vĕt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brevetted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brevetting
.] (Mil.)
To confer rank upon by brevet.
Bre-vet′
,Adj.
(Mil.)
Taking or conferring rank by brevet;
as, a
. brevet
colonel; a brevet
commissionWebster 1828 Edition
Brevet
BREVET'
,Noun.
1.
A commission to an officer which entitles him to a rank in the army above his pay. Thus a brevit major serves as a captain and received pay as such. Such commissions were given to the officers of the American Army at the close of the war, giving them a grade of rank above that which they had held during service.Definition 2024
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See also: Brevet
English
Noun
brevet (plural brevets)
- A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
- A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
- (by extension) An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:brevet.
- (by extension) An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
- An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
Translations
military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily
warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity
authoritative seal of approval
organized, long-distance, endurance bicycle ride
Verb
brevet (third-person singular simple present brevets, present participle breveting or brevetting, simple past and past participle breveted or brevetted)
- (military) To promote by brevet.
Translations
promote by brevet