Brig. Gen.

A form of brigadier general — A military officer who commands a brigade.

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noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of brigadier general.

    Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.

    2022 August 4, Rachel Janfaza, “Andy Ogles will win GOP nomination in redrawn Tennessee 5th District, CNN projects”, in CNN
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    "I'm in charge of military readiness," Swedish Army Brig. Gen. Bertel Österdahl tells me at the garrison in Stockholm[…]

    1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 618
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