brevet

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For the beat of his baton brevets a player an artist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others—of equal rank and with the brevets of major-generals—she similarly belittled.

From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles

Augustus paid his colonists pretty compliments, very much as England gives out brevets to Strathcona and other worthy Canadians, who raise troops of horse to fight England's battles in South Africa when duty calls.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert

Now there is at the school an intelligent, well-educated young laïque with all the necessary brevets.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

He also received the brevets of major in the United States Army for "gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Rappahannock Station, Va.,"

From The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould)