brigade
[noun]
Synonyms: group, band, company, corps, force, organization, outfit, squad, team, troop, unit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bri‧gade /brɪˈɡeɪd/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian brigata, from brigare 'to fight', from briga 'fighting']

1. a large group of soldiers forming part of an army

2. an insulting word for a group of people who have the same beliefs:
the anti-nuclear brigade

3. a group of people who are organized to do something:
Snowmobile brigades delivered food and medicine.
⇒ fire brigade

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

brigade
noun
ADJ. armoured, fire, infantry
VERB + BRIGADE command, lead | form A special army brigade is to be formed.
join
BRIGADE + NOUN commander | headquarters
PREP. in a/the ~ units in 1st Commando Brigade
~ of a brigade of infantry

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