brigade
English
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editbrigade (plural brigades)
- A group of people organized for a common purpose.
- a work brigade; a fire brigade
- (military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
- (derogatory) A group of people who share views or a specific characteristic.
- More sympathy for career criminals from the bleeding-heart brigade!
- I wouldn't even want to be seen dead with those nerds of the bowl-cut brigade.
- (Internet slang) Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
- 2020, “Comments of Reddit, Inc., before the Federal Communications Commission, Washington DC”, in fcc.gov[1]:
- We've definitely seen an increase in abusive content since certain areas began COVID lockdowns and stay home orders, we suspect because of the growth of people having time to waste doing these sorts of brigades.
Usage notes
edit- In many countries, a military brigade was traditionally formed from two or more regiments. According to the country and time period, brigade may also designate a much smaller group of soldiers. A modern US brigade usually consists of three battalions and forms part of a division.
Quotations
edit- 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 228:
- The rifle brigade had arrived in Soldau with no commander, no staff, no artillery, just four separate regiments, each of them moving as it thought best and looking for something to do.
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Verb
editbrigade (third-person singular simple present brigades, present participle brigading, simple past and past participle brigaded)
- To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
- 1969, William O. Douglas's opinion in Brandenburg v. Ohio:
- This is, however, a classic case where speech is brigaded with action.
- 1969, William O. Douglas's opinion in Brandenburg v. Ohio:
- (Internet slang) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.
Anagrams
editDutch
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editNoun
editbrigade f (plural brigades)
- brigade, a military unit consisting of two or more regiments, often using combined arms or of diverse disciplines
- a police unit of varying size or purpose, but often serving a specialised purpose
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editDescendants
edit- → Indonesian: brigade
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian brigata.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrigade f (plural brigades)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “brigade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch brigade, from French brigade, from Italian brigata. Doublet of bregada.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrigadê (first-person possessive brigadeku, second-person possessive brigademu, third-person possessive brigadenya)
- brigade: a military unit consisting of two or more regiments, often using combined arms or of diverse disciplines.
Alternative forms
edit- brigéd (Standard Malay)
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editFurther reading
edit- “brigade” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
- brigade on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian or Medieval Latin briga (“strife”).
Noun
editbrigade m (definite singular brigaden, indefinite plural brigader, definite plural brigadene)
References
edit- “brigade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian or Medieval Latin briga (“strife”).
Noun
editbrigade m (definite singular brigaden, indefinite plural brigadar, definite plural brigadane)
References
edit- “brigade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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