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• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)  , a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, originally an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official writing or See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter, with the particular meaning of a papal See also:

• INDULGENCE (Lat. indulgentia, indulgere, to grant, concede)

indulgence . The use of the word is mainly confined to a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, or official document, giving to an officer in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army a permanent, as opposed to a See also:

• LOCAL

local and temporary, See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in the service higher than that he holds substantively in his See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British army " See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet rank " exists only above the rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, but in the See also:

• UNITED

United States army it is possible to obtain a brevet as first See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France the termbrevete is particularly used with respect to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

Staff, to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English " passed Staff See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College " (p.s.c.) .