brigadier general

See also: Brigadier General

English

Alternative forms

• Brig. Gen. (abbreviation)

Noun

brigadier general (plural brigadier generals)

1. (military) A military officer who commands a brigade.
2. (US, military) A one star general.
3. (military) A military rank between colonel and the second lowest general rank or major general, having an O7 NATO rank scale equivalency

Usage notes

When used as a title, it is always capitalized.

Example: Brigadier General John Doe.

The rank corresponds to pay grade O-7. Abbreviations: BG.

Synonyms

• brigadier

Coordinate terms

• commodore admiral
• rear admiral (lower half)

Translations

an officer commanding a brigade

• Czech: brigádní generál m
• Danish: brigadegeneral (da)
• Finnish: prikaatikenraali (fi), prikaatinkenraali (fi) (old)
• French: brigadier-général (fr)
• German: Brigadegeneral (de)
• Greek: ταξίαρχος (el) m (taxíarchos)
• Italian: brigadiere generale m, comandante di brigata m
• Macedonian: бригаден генерал m (brigaden general)
• Romanian: general de brigadă m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бригадни генерал m, бригадна генералица f

  Roman: brigadni general m, brigadna generalica f

A one star general

• Czech: brigádní generál m
• Danish: brigadegeneral (da) c
• Finnish: prikaatikenraali (fi), lippueamiraali (fi)

Further reading

• brigadier general on Wikipedia.Wikipedia