Brevet
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
to appoint, promote, or honor by brevet.
Historical Examples
The Day’s Work, Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling
Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas, Pere
The Fifth String
John Philip Sousa
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) John McElroy
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Polk Compiled by James D. Richardson
Tom Burke Of “Ours”, Volume II (of II) Charles James Lever
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-’61 Abner Doubleday
Old Fort Snelling Marcus L. Hansen
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras Marvin West
The Man With The Broken Ear Edmond About
noun
a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold temporarily a higher military rank without the appropriate pay and allowances
verb -vets, -vetting, -vetted, -vets, -veting, -veted
(transitive) to promote by brevet
n.
v.
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