Meaning of Brevet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
2. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
3. An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
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4. An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.

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Examples

“Delightful inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems—aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet.”

“They came over to Massachusetts Bay in another vessel, and thus escaped the onus of that brevet nobility under which the successors of the Mayflower Pilgrims had descended.”

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