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brigade

[ bri-geyd ]

noun

  1. a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
  2. a large body of troops.
  3. Digital Technology. cybermob.
  4. a group of individuals organized for a particular purpose: a rescue brigade.

    a fire brigade;

    a rescue brigade.

  5. History/Historical. a convoy of canoes, sleds, wagons, or pack animals, especially as used to supply trappers in the 18th- and 19th-century Canadian and U.S. fur trade.


verb (used with object)

brigaded, brigading.
  1. to form into a brigade.
  2. to group together.

verb (used with or without object)

brigaded, brigading.
  1. Digital Technology. to engage in online brigading.

brigade

/ ²ú°ùɪˈɡ±ðɪ»å /

noun

  1. a formation of fighting units, together with support arms and services, smaller than a division and usually commanded by a brigadier
  2. a group of people organized for a certain task

    a rescue brigade

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to organize into a brigade
  2. to put or group together
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²õ³Ü²ú·²ú°ù¾±Â·²µ²¹»å±ð noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brigade1

First recorded in 1630–40; from French, from Old Italian brigata “company of soldiers,†originally “group, band,†equivalent to brig(are) probably “to associate (with), be together†(obsolete sense), probably of Celtic origin; brigand + -ata -ade 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brigade1

C17: from Old French, from Old Italian, from brigare to fight, perhaps of Celtic origin; see brigand
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"The brigade will speak with our firefighters that attended and offer support through our counselling and trauma services where required."

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The mining rescue brigade has also deployed its canine unit.

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Previous convoys had come under fire from Iraqi insurgents, and it was known that insurgents had laid IEDs along likely routes from the company to the brigade base camp.

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Kaepernick couldn’t have kneeled in Pyongyang or Havana or any number of countries that the right-wing free speech brigade wanted to deport him to – and that’s the point of the flag.

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In France's tournament opener, after their heavy brigade had bashed away at a stubborn Wales defence for 12 phases, Dupont picked up the ball and dawdled sideways and backwards off the back of the breakdown.

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