brigade

/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/

brigade noun: a group of people organized for a common purpose.

Noun

brigade (plural brigades)

A group of people organized for a common purpose.
- a work brigade; a fire brigade
A 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) Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
- 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.2020, “Comments of Reddit, Inc., before the Federal Communications Commission, Washington DC”, in fcc.gov, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2020

Verb

brigade (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.
- This is, however, a classic case where speech is brigaded with action.1969, William O. Douglas's opinion in Brandenburg v. Ohio
(Internet) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.

brigade meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

brigade in Tamil

படைத்தொகுதி

brigade in Urdu

دستہ

brigade in Malayalam

സൈന്യത്തിലെ ഒരു വിഭാഗം, പടയണി, സേനാമുഖം, പ്രത്യേക ജോലികൾക്കായുള്ള ഒരു സംഘം

brigade in Kannada

ಸೇನಾತುಕಡಿ, ಸೇನಾದಳ, ಬ್ರಿಗೇಡು, ಪದಾತಿದಳ, ಕಾಲಾಳು ಸೈನ್ಯ

More languagesFewer languages

brigade in Arabic: لِوَاء liwāʔ
brigade in Persian: تیپ tip
brigade in Vietnamese: lữ đoàn

Examples of brigade in a sentence

The brigade succeeded in breaking out of the pocket and reunited with friendly forces.
The grindset gang simply accepts every deal they’re offered, while the bedrot brigade turns every deal down.
Of the 12 cavalry brigades, seven were British and many of their regiments were German.

All 40 example sentences with brigade

Forms of brigade

Noun
plural	brigades
Verb
third-person singular present	brigades
present participle	brigading
past participle	brigaded
past	brigaded

Plural of brigade: brigades

Origin of brigade

Borrowed from French brigade.

Words formed from brigade

Phrases with brigade

Words that rhyme with brigade

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Questions about brigade

What does brigade mean?: Brigade means a group of people organized for a common purpose.
What is brigade in Tamil?: Brigade in Tamil is படைத்தொகுதி. See Brigade meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brigade?: Brigade can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce brigade?: Brigade is pronounced /bɹɪˈɡeɪd/.
What is the plural of brigade?: The plural of brigade is brigades.

Words near brigade in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: brigade (page history and authors); brigade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brigade (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brigade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brigade (Kannada 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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