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{{Short description|Military rank}}
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{{Military ranks}}
'''Brigadier''' {{IPAc-en|b|r|ɪ|ɡ|ə|ˈ|d|ɪər}} is a [[military rank]], the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above [[colonel]], equivalent to a [[brigadier general]] or [[commodore (rank)|commodore]], typically commanding a [[brigade]] of several thousand soldiers. In other countries, it is a [[Non-commissioned officer|non-commissioned]] rank (e.g. [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[France]], the [[Netherlands]] and the [[Indonesian National Police|Indonesian Police]] ranks).
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The word and rank of "Brigadier" originates from [[France]]. In the [[French Army]], the '''Brigadier des Armées du Roi''' (Brigadier of the King's Armies) was a general officer rank, created in 1657. It was an intermediate between the rank of [[Mestre de camp]] and that of [[Maréchal de camp]].
The rank was first created in the cavalry at the instigation of [[Marshal Turenne]] on June 8, 1657, then in the infantry on March 17, 1668, and in the dragoons on April 15, 1672. In peacetime, the brigadier commanded his regiment and, in maneuvers or in wartime, he commanded two or three - or even four - regiments combined to form a brigade (including his own, but later the rank was also awarded to lieutenant-colonels, which allowed for the promotion of an officer who did not have his own regiment).
Before the rank of brigadier of the armies was dissolved in 1788, it was materialized by the wearing of a single star. And when it was abolished that year, the number of stars of its immediate superiors was not modified, which explains why today French generals have one more star on their insignia than their foreign counterparts (notably American).
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==Senior officer rank==
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==Junior officer rank==
===United Kingdom===
In the UK, brigadier and sub-brigadier were formerly [[Subaltern (military)|subaltern]] ranks in the [[Royal Horse Guards]].<ref>{{cite book |page=446 |last=Murray |first=L. |title=The Young Man's Best Companion, and Book of General Knowledge |year=1821 }}</ref>{{when
==Non-commissioned rank==
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====National police====
In the [[French National Police]], the sub-officer variations are used for [[non-commissioned officer]]s are:
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