Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - brevet
Brevet
brevet
n. & v. --n. (often attrib.) a document conferring a privilege from a sovereign or government, esp. a rank in the army, without the appropriate pay (was promoted by brevet; brevet major). --v.tr. (breveted, breveting or brevetted, brevetting) confer brevet rank on. Etymology: ME f. OF dimin. of bref BRIEF
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I. noun see: brief Date: 1689 a commission giving a military officer higher nominal rank than that for which pay is received, II. transitive verb (~ted or ~ed; ~ting or ~ing) Date: 1819 to confer rank upon by ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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