brigadier

• I think the pay of a brigadier is about one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
• [39 The New Cavalry Brigade became almost complete at Hopetown, as the brigadier was able to collect his last missing squadron of the 21st King's Dragoon Guards, which hitherto had been taking part in the De Wet hunt with another column. —  On the Heels of De Wet
• Kentucky has a brigadier, but not a brigade; she has however, a regiment--that regiment and brigadier might be associated together. —  The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
• "Son," he continued gently, "twenty-five years your brigadier was a candidate for an important job in my employ--and I gave him the Degree of the Blue Vase. —  The Go-Getter
• And Judge Harbottle, in what was then called a brigadier-wig, with his red roquelaure on, helped the glowing effect of the darkened chamber, which looked red all over like a room on fire The Judge had his feet on a stool, and his huge grim purple face confronted the fire, and seemed to pant and swell, as the blaze alternately spread upward and collapsed. —  Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle

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