brigadier
(military, UK) A field officer of the highest grade, below general officers, NATO grade OF-7.
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Wishing Angela Bruce, who played Brigadier Winifred Bambera in 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 (1989) and multiple Big Finish audio dramas, a happy 75th birthday. #Whoniverse #DoctorWho #Battlefield #BigFinish #UNIT #Brigadie…
I bet some of you fools thought the Brigade Leader was just the Brigadier’s counterpart from the Inferno universe, well guess what, it’s actually way more complicated than that!
'Be My Little General" is the order. Brigadier, Major, Lieutenant and, yup, the plain old General is the four- or five- star on top of it all. I was accused of not respecting rank when was in. : }
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(military, UK) A field officer of the highest grade, below general officers, NATO grade OF-7.
“Wishing Angela Bruce, who played Brigadier Winifred Bambera in 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 (1989) and multiple Big Finish audio dramas, a happy 75th birthday. #Whoniverse #DoctorWho #Battlefield #BigFinish #UNIT #Brigadier #Bambera #BrigadierBambera #AngelaBruce #Birthday”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I bet some of you fools thought the Brigade Leader was just the Brigadier’s counterpart from the Inferno universe, well guess what, it’s actually way more complicated than that!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
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(historical) The head of a workforce in the Soviet Union.
“'Be My Little General" is the order. Brigadier, Major, Lieutenant and, yup, the plain old General is the four- or five- star on top of it all. I was accused of not respecting rank when was in. : }”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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