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burman (medicine)


burman


Origin: "The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption Burma.

<ethnology> "], A member of the Burman family, one of the four great Families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese.

Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.

Source: Websters Dictionary


brigade (iou)



brigade noun & verb. M17.
[French from Italian brigata troop, company, from brigare contend, be busy with, from briga strife, contention: see -ADE.]
A. noun.
A company or set of people. Only in M17.
A large body of troops; spec. a subdivision of an army. In the British army: an infantry unit consisting of usu. three battalions and forming part of a division; a corresponding armoured unit. M17.
A uniformed or organized band of workers etc. E19.
Phrases: Boys' Brigade: see BOY noun. fire brigade: see FIRE noun. International Brigade: see INTERNATIONAL adjective. NAVAL brigade. Red Brigade(s): see RED adjective.
Comb.: brigade-major a staff officer attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in command.
b. verb trans. Form into a brigade. E19.