a military officer, next in rank above a colonel, and who is intrusted with the command of a brigade. In Great Britain this rank is in abeyance during peace, but revived in actual service in the field. Every brigadier marches at the head of his brigade upon duty. The brigadier des armées of the French service corresponds to our Brigandine brigadier-general, and, like him, has the command of a brigade of cavalry, dragoons, or infantry.