brigadier general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a colonel and whose insignia is one star
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In 2024, she was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general in the Maryland Army National Guard in recognition of the raid.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Abu Lulu holds the rank of brigadier general in the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that broke away from and, since April of 2023, has fought against the Sudanese Armed Forces for control of Sudan, a gold-rich country in northeast Africa.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Pike was commissioned in the Confederate army as a brigadier general, but his wartime career lasted less than two years.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Her father, Ralph, was a brigadier general in the British Army, and her mother, Muriel, served as an ambulance driver during World War II.
—Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Abu Lulu holds the rank of brigadier general in the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that broke away from and, since April of 2023, has fought against the Sudanese Armed Forces for control of Sudan, a gold-rich country in northeast Africa.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Pike was commissioned in the Confederate army as a brigadier general, but his wartime career lasted less than two years.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Her father, Ralph, was a brigadier general in the British Army, and her mother, Muriel, served as an ambulance driver during World War II.
—Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Brigadier general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigadier%20general. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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