brigade

1 of 2

noun

bri·​gade bri-ˈgād 

1

a

: a large body of troops

b

: a tactical and administrative unit composed of a headquarters, one or more units of infantry or armor, and supporting units

2

: a group of people organized for special activity

brigade

2 of 2

verb

brigaded; brigading

transitive verb

: to form or unite into a brigade

Synonyms of brigade

Noun

• team
• army
• crew
• platoon
• company

Examples of brigade in a Sentence

Noun

The morality brigade insists that the book be censored.

a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Another is the location of the school — next to a base of the Revolutionary Guard in Hormozgan province and close to a barracks for its naval brigade. —Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

The Cuban brigade had been in Honduras since 2024, following the signing of a cooperation agreement between the leftist government of former Honduran President Xiomara Castro and her Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel. —ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026

Verb

This can involve them being personally attacked and brigaded online or their actual faces being plastered on YouTube thumbnails. —Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

This is just one of the tactics in brigading, where disinformation agents seek to silence dissenting viewpoints by casting them as the wrong choice. —H. Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French, from Italian brigata, from brigare to fight — more at brigand

First Known Use

Noun

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1781, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing brigade

• bucket brigade
• fire brigade

Rhymes for brigade

• afraid
• allayed
• arcade
• arrayed
• assayed
• barmaid
• betrayed
• blockade
• bridesmaid
• brocade
• buffeted
• cascade

Kids Definition

brigade

noun

bri·​gade

brig-ˈād

1

: a body of soldiers consisting of two or more regiments

2

: a group of people organized for acting together

a fire brigade