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brevet n. 荣誉晋升[令] 荣誉晋升[令] brevet n 1: a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) v 1: promote somebody by brevet, in the military Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"; 277), n. [F. brevet, LL. brevetum, fr. L. brevis short. See {Brief}.] 1. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for "gallant actions or meritorious services." A brevet rank gives no right of command in the particular corps to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be exercised only by special assignment of the President, or on court martial, and detachments composed of different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on such duty. [1913 Webster] Brevet \Bre*vet"\ (br[-e]*v[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brevetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brevetting}.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet. [1913 Webster] Brevet \Bre*vet"\, a. (Mil.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission. [1913 Webster] 82 Moby Thesaurus words for "brevet": agency, agentship, appointment, assignment, authority, authorization, bull, care, charge, charter, commission, commissioning, commitment, concession, consignment, cure, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, devolution, devolvement, dictum, diktat, diploma, edict, edictum, embassy, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship, exequatur, factorship, fiat, franchise, full power, grant, ipse dixit, jurisdiction, law, legation, letters patent, liberty, license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission, office, ordinance, ordonnance, patent, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, proclamation, procuration, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proxy, purview, regency, regentship, rescript, responsibility, royal grant, rule, ruling, senatus consult, senatus consultum, task, trust, trusteeship, ukase, vicarious authority, warrant BREVET. In France, a brevet is a warrant granted by the government to
authorize an individual to do something for his own benefit, as a brevet d'invention, is a patent to secure a man a right as inventor. 2. In our army, it signifies a commission conferring on an officer a degree of rank immediately above the one which he holds in his particular regiment, without, however conveying a right to receive a corresponding pay.
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