brigade
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brigade/brɪˈɡeɪd/
▶noun
- 1 a subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of battalions and forming part of a division.
- 2 an organization with a quasi-military structure.
- 3 informal, often derogatory a group of people with a characteristic in common: the anti-smoking brigade.
– origin C17: from Fr., from Ital. brigata ‘company’.
'brigade' also found in these Oxford entries:
-ade
- battalion
- Bde
- brigade major
- brigadier
- brigand
- fire brigade
- fire company
- fire station
