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Brigade [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A party or division of troops, or soldiers, whether cavalry or infantry, regular or militia, commanded by a brigadier. It consists of an indeterminate number of regiments, squadrons, of battalions. A brigade of horse is a body of eight or ten squadrons; of infantry, four, five, or six battalions, or regiments.

Brigade [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To form into a brigade or into brigades.

Brigade [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.

2. Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade.

Brigade [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To form into a brigade, or into brigades.

Brigade Encyclopedia Britannica

BRIGADE, a tactical body, composed of two or more regiments of cavalry or infantry, under the command of a general officer of the lowest grade. The term brigade is also applied to from four to eight batteries of artillery working together, and to the small detachments (eight or nine men) of engineers employed in excavating saps in siege operations. Two or more brigades constitute a division, two or more divisions a corps d’armée, two or more corps d’armée an army.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 343
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Brigade-major [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An officer appointed by the brigadier, to assist him in the management and ordering of his brigade.

Brigade-major Encyclopedia Britannica

BRIGADE-MAJOR, a third-class staff officer, appointed by the brigadier to assist him in the management of his brigade.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 343
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Brigaded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Brigade