BREVET (brevetted, brevetting)
Dictionary entry overview: What does brevet mean?
• BREVET (noun)
The noun BREVET has 1 sense:
1. a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
Familiarity information: BREVET used as a noun is very rare.
• BREVET (verb)
The verb BREVET has 1 sense:
1. promote somebody by brevet, in the military
Familiarity information: BREVET used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BREVET (noun)
Meaning:
A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("brevet" is a kind of...):
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
• BREVET (verb)
Meaning:
Promote somebody by brevet, in the military
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "brevet" is one way to...):
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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