See Also: brigade(medicine)
brigade(dictionary)
brigade(encyclopedia)
brigade(dictionary)
Boys' Brigade, the(dictionary)
International Brigade, the(dictionary)
Light Brigade, the(dictionary)
fire brigade(dictionary)
Charge of the Light Brigade, the(dictionary)

brigade (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian brigata, from brigare 'to fight', from briga 'fighting']
a large group of soldiers forming part of an army
an insulting word for a group of people who have the same beliefs
::the anti-nuclear brigade
a group of people who are organized to do something
::Snowmobile brigades delivered food and medicine.
-see also fire brigade