brevet

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
  2. verb promote somebody by brevet, in the military

Etymology

Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.

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