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Meanings of brevet in anglès
A warrant giving a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward for gallantry or meritorious conduct but without conferring the authority, precedence, or pay of real rank.
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Examples for "emblem"
Examples for "emblem"
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As long as you carry the emblem, nothing can happen to you.
2
Here the phallus was carried in procession as the emblem of Hermes.
3
The party, with an emblem resembling a swastika, denies accusations of violence.
4
But it was a sacred emblem in the dateless antiquity of Egypt.
5
That Union is the emblem of the triumphs of the white race.
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She'd never heard quite that note in the brash young ensign's voice.
2
At his command the British ensign soon fluttered gaily in the breeze.
3
These were adopted as the ensign of Siena, in the Middle Ages.
4
The ensign from Montana is clearly the best marksman in the class.
5
The British ensign was drawn over the body of the dead Indian.
Usage of brevet in anglès
1
The other tore it open; and there was his brevet as colonel.
2
He left the service at the close of the war as brevet-major-general.
3
He hoped that the Marshal had brought his brevet as brigadier general.
4
I therefore nominate M. de Poiery to be a captain by brevet.
5
Roger Jones was adjutant general of the army, and brigadier general by brevet.
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At present he is a brevet lieutenant-colonel in the regular army.
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To be in the line would not then be a brevet of imbecility.
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You thought more of the brevet, of course, than the gash.
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He had been made brevet-major when only a lieutenant of artillery.
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Lieutenant James G. Martin lost an arm and gained a brevet at Churusbusco.
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John became thoughtful about that brevet privilege of a remote future.
12
I'm a doctor by brevet, as they say in the army.
13
Colonel Wilkinson, his adjutant-general, whom he strongly recommended, was appointed brigadier-general by brevet.
14
In the Civil War he was a brigadier-general, with brevet of major-general in 1865.
15
General Eleazer W. Ripley became a brevet major general, and resigned in May, 1820.
16
You have been nominated and confirmed a Major-General by brevet in the Regular Army.
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United States of America
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