Brigadier
Brigadier noun - A general officer ranking below a major general.
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Sergeant and brigadier are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sergeant" instead a noun "Brigadier".
Nearby Word: brigade
Sergeant
Sergeant noun - Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal.
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Sergeant Benton's relationship to the Brigadier and Captain Yates seems far more familiar than their respective ranks would normally allow.
Source: Mildly Military - In Doctor Who, during the period when Barry Letts was the showrunner, UNIT often consists of The Brigadier, one Captain, and one Sergeant.
Source: Outranking Your Job -
Galusha Pennypacker of Pennsylvania was a sixteen-year-old sergeant in 1861, a seventeen-year-old major months later — and twenty when promoted to Brigadier General in 1865 (he was instrumental in the capture of Fort Fisher and was also awarded the Medal of Honor).
Source: Child Soldiers
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