Meanings
plural brigades
- derogatoryA group of people who share views or a specific characteristic.
More sympathy for career criminals from the bleeding-heart brigade!
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I wouldn't even want to be seen dead with those nerds of the bowl-cut brigade.
- InternetCoordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
We've definitely seen an increase in abusive content since certain areas began COVID lockdowns and stay home orders, we suspect because of the growth of people having time to waste doing these sorts of brigades.
2020, “Comments of Reddit, Inc., before the Federal Communications Commission, Washington DC”, in fcc.gov, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2020
present singular third person brigades · participle present brigading · participle past brigaded · past brigaded
- To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
This is, however, a classic case where speech is brigaded with action.
1969, William O. Douglas's opinion in Brandenburg v. Ohio - InternetTo harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
- Proto-Germanic*brekanąder.?
- Italianbriga
- Italianbrigare
- Italianbrigata
- Middle Frenchbrigade
- Frenchbrigade
- Englishbrigade
Borrowed from French brigade.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans brigade, brigade
- brigadeorganized group of people
- brigademilitary unit
Ancient Greek τάγμα
- τάγμα (tágma)military unit
Arabic لِوَاء
- لِوَاء (liwāʔ)military unit
Bulgarian отря́д, кома́нда
- отря́д (otrjád)organized group of people
- кома́нда (kománda)organized group of people
- брига́да (brigáda)military unit
Catalan brigada, brigada
- brigadaorganized group of people
- brigadamilitary unit
Chinese Mandarin 隊 /队, 班
- 隊 /队 (duì)organized group of people
- 班 (bān)organized group of people
- 旅 (lǚ)military unit
- 旅團 /旅团 (lǚtuán)military unit
Czech brigáda, brigáda
- brigádaorganized group of people
- brigádamilitary unit
Danish brigade
- brigademilitary unit
Esperanto brigado
- brigadomilitary unit
Estonian brigaad
- brigaadmilitary unit
Finnish prikaati, -kunta (e.g. palokunta)
- prikaatiorganized group of people
- -kunta (e.g. palokunta)organized group of people
- osastoorganized group of people
- ryhmäorganized group of people
- prikaatimilitary unit
German Brigade, Brigade
- Brigadeorganized group of people
- Brigademilitary unit
Greek ταξιαρχία
- ταξιαρχία (taxiarchía)military unit
Hebrew חטיבה
- חטיבה (khativá)military unit
Hungarian brigád, dandár
- brigádorganized group of people
- dandármilitary unit
Italian brigata
- brigatamilitary unit
Japanese 旅団
- 旅団 (ryodan)military unit
Korean 여단, 려단
- 여단 (yeodan)military unit
- 려단 (ryeodan)military unit
Māori pirikēti
- pirikētimilitary unit
Persian تیپ
- تیپ (tip)military unit
Polish brygada, brygada
- brygadaorganized group of people
- brygadamilitary unit
Portuguese brigada
- brigadamilitary unit
Romanian brigadă
- brigadămilitary unit
Russian брига́да, кома́нда
- брига́да (brigáda)organized group of people
- кома́нда (kománda)organized group of people
- отря́д (otrjád)organized group of people
- отря́д (otrjád)military unit
- брига́да (brigáda)military unit
Spanish brigada, brigada
- brigadaorganized group of people
- brigadamilitary unit
Swahili brigedi
- brigedimilitary unit
Swedish brigad
- brigadmilitary unit
Turkish tugay
- tugaymilitary unit
Ukrainian брига́да, брига́да
- брига́да (bryháda)organized group of people
- брига́да (bryháda)military unit
Vietnamese lữ đoàn
- lữ đoànmilitary unit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brigade
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Cite this entry
brigade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brigade
“brigade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brigade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brigade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brigade.
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