brigadier

brigadier
    n 1: a general officer ranking below a major general [syn:
         {brigadier}, {brigadier general}]
    

Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr.
   brigade.] (Mil.)
   An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major
   general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
   shortening of his title, simple a {brigadier}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "brigadier":
      ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier general, captain,
      chicken colonel, chief of staff, colonel, commandant, commander,
      commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer,
      company officer, exec, executive officer, field marshal,
      field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general,
      four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo,
      jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel,
      lieutenant general, major, major general, marechal, marshal,
      officer, one-star general, orderly officer, risaldar,
      senior officer, shavetail, sirdar, staff officer, subahdar,
      subaltern, sublieutenant, the Old Man, the brass,
      three-star general, top brass, two-star general