Sentence example with the word 'brevet'

brevet

agency, charge, declaration, deputation, embassy, fiat, letters patent, ordonnance, pronunciamento, rule, vicarious authority

Definition n. a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily

Last update: September 7, 2015


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For his services at Franklin he was awarded the rank of brigadier-general (November 1864) and the brevet rank of major-general (March 1865) in the regular army.   [Please select]

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At the close of the war he received a commission as brigadier general by brevet.   [Please select]

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He was Brevet Brigadier General and retained command of a battalion of New Mexico volunteers.   [Please select]

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Joining the volunteers as a lieutenant, he was brevetted brigadier general before the war ended.   [Please select]

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Net result, his captaincy and a brevet majority, coupled with the Distinguished Service Order.   [Please select]

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Colonel Zachary Taylor--a brigadier-general by brevet--was therefore left in command.   [Please select]

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