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Costume accessory, usually in the form of a patch, pin, or other ornament, worn to indicate membership, affiliation, rank, or achievement.

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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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military rank

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Uso de brevet en inglés

The other tore it open; and there was his brevet as colonel. 
 White Lies 

He left the service at the close of the war as brevet-major-general. 
 Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863... 

He hoped that the Marshal had brought his brevet as brigadier general. 
 The Man With The Broken Ear 

I therefore nominate M. de Poiery to be a captain by brevet. 
 A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu... 

Roger Jones was adjutant general of the army, and brigadier general by brevet. 
 General Scott 

At present he is a brevet lieutenant-colonel in the regular army. 
 Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 

To be in the line would not then be a brevet of imbecility. 
 Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle 

You thought more of the brevet, of course, than the gash. 
 Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila 

He had been made brevet-major when only a lieutenant of artillery. 
 Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria'... 

Lieutenant James G. Martin lost an arm and gained a brevet at Churusbusco. 
 School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time 

John became thoughtful about that brevet privilege of a remote future. 
 Westways: A Village Chronicle 

I'm a doctor by brevet, as they say in the army. 
 The Tyranny of the Dark 

Colonel Wilkinson, his adjutant-general, whom he strongly recommended, was appointed brigadier-general by brevet. 
 Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ... 

In the Civil War he was a brigadier-general, with brevet of major-general in 1865. 
 Mormon Settlement in Arizona / A Record of Peaceful Conquest of ... 

General Eleazer W. Ripley became a brevet major general, and resigned in May, 1820. 
 General Scott 

You have been nominated and confirmed a Major-General by brevet in the Regular Army. 
 The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour... 