top brass
top brass noun: a group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.
Noun
top brass (usually uncountable, plural top brasses)
- A group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.
- The top brass of the army are up to various types of mischief and they do not want the public or even Members of Parliament to know about them.1872, New Zealand Parliament, House of Representatives, “Parliamentary debates”, in 57, volumes 1-6, page 649
- The general who turned the tide at Alamein was not, prior to his arrival in the Middle East, one of the very "top brass"; but he was a soldier, not a detergent manufacturer.1962 February, “No Talent on the Railways?”, in Modern Railways, page 74
- Synonyms:
- governance, governing body, organisation, administration, establishment
top brass meaning in Kannada
top brass in Kannada
- ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತಾಧಿಕಾರಿ
Examples of top brass in a sentence
- On 3 January, Republican senator Rick Scott urged in a letter to Newsweek’s top brass to “reconsider its relationship with Vipp Jaswal”.2022 January 22, Vincent Ni, “China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics”, in The Guardian:
- The military's top brass were seen making the decision on Russian state TV, with Gen Surovikin reporting on the situation on the ground in Kherson.2022 November 9, “Kherson: Russia to withdraw troops from key Ukrainian city”, in BBC News:
Synonyms of top brass
- governance
- governing body
- organisation
- administration
- establishment
Forms of top brass
| plural | top brasses |
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Origin of top brass
Originally military slang, from [the] brass (“high-ranking officers”).
Questions about top brass
- What does top brass mean?
- Top brass means a group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.
- What is top brass in Kannada?
- Top brass in Kannada is ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತಾಧಿಕಾರಿ. See Top brass meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use top brass in a sentence?
- On 3 January, Republican senator Rick Scott urged in a letter to Newsweek’s top brass to “reconsider its relationship with Vipp Jaswal”.
- What part of speech is top brass?
- Top brass is a noun.
- What is the plural of top brass?
- The plural of top brass is top brasses.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: top brass (page history and authors); top brass (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.
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