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brigadiership

brigadiership

1 8.9
A senior military rank for an officer who leads a brigade
  • noun
  • /brɪɡəˈdɪrʃɪp/
  • UK
: brigadiería
  • After years of hard work, she finally achieved the position of brigadiership in her unit.

Examples

  • I made an occasional joke, parodying my brigadiership now and again.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • There had never, not through the years of work with employees, nor the decades since my arrival to the brigadiership, been an occasion to bring it out.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • He took great pride in his brigadiership and always aimed to lead his troops effectively.

  • The general discussed the responsibilities that come with a brigadiership during the meeting.

Surface Forms

brigadiership singular
brigadierships plural

Morphology

brigadiership = brigadier (transparent) = brigadier + ship

Derivation from 'brigadier' with the productive suffix '-ship' meaning office or rank is direct and predictable.

Etymology

Brigadiership comes from brigadier, a military leader of a brigade, which is a 'group of soldiers', and the ending -ship which means 'position' or 'office', like in friendship. So brigadiership means the 'position of being a brigadier' or the rank a person holds in the military.