Brevet Definition

brə-vĕt, brĕvĭt
breveted, breveting, brevets, brevetted, brevetting
noun
A commission nominally promoting an officer to a higher honorary rank without higher pay but, sometimes, with greater authority.
Webster's New World

A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.

Wiktionary

An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.

Wiktionary
verb
To give a brevet to.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Brevet

Noun

Singular:
brevet
Plural:
brevets

Origin of Brevet

  • Middle English brevet 'official letter', from Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref 'letter', from Latin brevis 'short' (see English brief)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English official letter from Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref letter from Latin brevis short brief

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Brevet Sentence Examples

  • Lee, and was made brevet second lieutenant, 4th Artillery, in 1829.

  • From the latter he graduated in July 1828, and became by brevet a second lieutenant of infantry.

  • Incapacitated for further active service, he continued to be employed in administrative posts to the end of the war, and for several years thereafter he served at army headquarters, becoming captain in 1866 and brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1867.

  • Sherman's campaign in the Carolinas; and in September 1865 received the brevet of major-general of volunteers.

  • The Union gunboats, which had passed up the river toward Shreveport at high water, were caught in its decline above the falls at Alexandria, but they were saved by a splendid piece of engineering (a dam at the falls), constructed by Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey (1827-1867), who for this service received the thanks of Congress and the brevet of brigadier-general of volunteers.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

TETVET

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