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BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref) , a See also: short writing, originally an official writing or letter, with the particular meaning of a papal indulgence
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The use of the word is mainly confined to a commission, or official document, giving to an officer in the army a permanent, as opposed to a See also: local and temporary, See also: rank in the service higher than that he holds substantively in his corps
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In the See also: British army " brevet rank " exists only above the rank of captain, but in the See also: United States army it is possible to obtain a brevet as first See also: lieutenant
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In See also: France the termbrevete is particularly used with respect to the General Staff, to express the See also: equivalent of the See also: English " passed Staff See also: College " (p.s.c.)
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