brevet
UK/ˈbɹɛv.ɪt//bɹəˈvɛt/
brevet noun: a military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
Noun
brevet (plural brevets)
- A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
- A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
- An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
- Delightful inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems—aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 7, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- They came over to Massachusetts Bay in another vessel, and thus escaped the onus of that brevet nobility under which the successors of the Mayflower Pilgrims had descended.1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Charles Dudley Warner, chapter XXI, in The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, published 1874, →OCLC...
- An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
- An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
Verb
brevet (third-person singular simple present brevets, present participle brevetting or breveting, simple past and past participle brevetted or breveted)
- To promote by brevet.
brevet meaning in Tamil and Urdu
brevet in Tamil
- நன்மதிப்புப் பதவி, ஊதியமற்ற உயர்நிலை அளி, மதிப்பியல்பான உயர்வுகொடு
brevet in Urdu
- درجہ افتخار دینا
Forms of brevet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brevets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | brevets |
| present participle | brevetting |
| present participle | breveting |
| past participle | brevetted |
| past | brevetted |
| past participle | breveted |
| past | breveted |
Origin of brevet
Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.
Words formed from brevet
Questions about brevet
- What does brevet mean?
- Brevet means a military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
- What is brevet in Tamil?
- Brevet in Tamil is நன்மதிப்புப் பதவி, ஊதியமற்ற உயர்நிலை அளி, மதிப்பியல்பான உயர்வுகொடு. See Brevet meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is brevet?
- Brevet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce brevet?
- Brevet is pronounced /bɹəˈvɛt/ (US).
- What is the plural of brevet?
- The plural of brevet is brevets.
Words near brevet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brevet (page history and authors); brevet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brevet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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