brigadier general

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]