1. brevet - Noun
2. brevet - Adjective
3. brevet - Verb
A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].
A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
To confer rank upon by brevet.
Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA brevet or randonnée is an organized long-distance ride. Source: Internet
He was promoted to brevet major after the Battle of Cerro Gordo on April 18, 1847. Source: Internet
He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at Antietam and was promoted in March 1863 to major general of volunteers, to rank from November 29, 1862. Source: Internet
He graduated in 1842, 24th in a class of 56 cadets, and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery. Source: Internet
After many weeks had passed, Brevet Brigadier General Orlando Metcalfe Poe summoned Captain Jarad A. Smith to Detroit, Michigan. Source: Internet
It was created by brevet Major General George W. Cullum (USMA Class of 1833) who, in 1850, began the monumental work of chronicling the biographies of every graduate. Source: Internet