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brevet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of brevet
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He was rewarded for his service with the brevet of colonel in the regular army.
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He was appointed a brevet lieutenant colonel for his actions at Cerro Gordo.
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Nine years later, with a brevet as lieutenant colonel, he served in the same capacity.
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He was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel in December 1902.
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Salomon received a brevet promotion to brigadier general in March 1865.
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The brevet rank, however, meant that there was no active role, until called, for Allen.
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Upon arriving in India, Draper's brevet rank became brigadier general.
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Acts may be drawn up in public or private form, said en minute and en brevet respectively.
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In June 1829, Lee was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.
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- A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
- Promote somebody by brevet, in the military
- Randonneuring (also known as Audax in the UK, Australia and Brazil) is a long-distance cycling sport with its origins in audax cycling. In randonneuring, riders attempt courses of 200u00A0km or more, passing through predetermined "controls" (checkpoints) every few tens of kilometers...
- (Say: bruh-vay) - A brevet is an official randonneuring ride of at least 200 kilometers usually completed to qualify for longer and major events, such as Paris-Brest-Paris and Boston-Montreal-Boston. ...
- Means "patent" or "certificate" in French.
- (pronounced brehv-it) An honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit. Officers did not usually function at or receive pay for their brevet rank.
- An appointment to a higher rank for command purposes without the corresponding increase in pay.
- The conferring of promotion in rank on an officer, usually for services, but with no right to extra pay.
- A promotion to a higher RANK, especially of a commissioned officer, without an increase in pay-grade RATING; before the creation of medals for distinguished service or valor, the BREVET promotion was used to recognize and reward such achievements (cf: origin of SILVER STAR as BATTLE STAR on ...
