Associations to the word «Brevet»
Noun
- Mckinley
- Vista
- Skirmish
- Ames
- Sutherland
- Edmund
- Theodore
- Tunic
- Certificate
- Leicestershire
- Plank
- Lincoln
- Augustus
- August
- Cadet
- Winchester
- Expedition
- Herbert
- Aux
- Bath
- Siege
- Duty
- Steele
- Edward
- Petersburg
- Godfrey
- Pay
- Browne
- Boer
- Wilkinson
- Sioux
- Buchanan
- Til
- Seymour
- Horace
- Charles
- Frederic
- President
- Confederate
- Commission
- Cornwall
- Fork
- Ensign
- Henry
- Surrey
- William
- Alfred
- Francis
- Wiltshire
- Convict
- Carr
- For
- Commando
- Bates
- Gloucestershire
- Trooper
- George
- Close
- Abbott
- Mill
- Montgomery
- Decoration
- Northumberland
- Samuel
- Middlesex
- Nile
- Alexander
- Sergeant
- Lorenzo
- Crawford
- Ernest
- Evelyn
- Wells
- April
- Anderson
- Gibbs
- Ohio
Adjective
Wiktionary
BREVET, noun. A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
BREVET, noun. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
BREVET, noun. 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.
BREVET, verb. To promote by brevet.
Dictionary definition
BREVET, noun. A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay).
BREVET, verb. Promote somebody by brevet, in the military.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.