brigade (brigad)

[= D. G. Dan. Sw. bri gade, 2. A body of individuals organized, generally wearing a uniform, and acting under authority: as, a fire brigade. - Household brigade. See household. brigade (bri-gad'), v. t.; pret. and pp. brigaded, ppr. brigading. [ Gen. Rich. Taylor , N. A. Rev., CXXVI. 85. Hence-2. To arrange or embody in a single collection or group; group together, as in zoölogy, under a single name. [Rare.] The two Cla es [Birds and Reptiles] which he [Huxley] had previously brigaded under the name of Sauropsida. A. Newton , Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 34. brigade-major (bri-gād'mā"jor), n. An officer appointed by a brigadier to a ist him in the management and ordering of his brigade. brigadier (brig-a-der'), n . [= It. brigadiere , F. brigadier , brigade , brigade.] A general officer who commands a brigade, whether of horse or foot, and ranks next below a major-general.