brevet
/bɹəˈvɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
noun
An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
verb
To promote by brevet.
Example Sentences
- "Delightful inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems—aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet."
- "They came over to Massachusetts Bay in another vessel, and thus escaped the onus of that brevet nobility under which the successors of the Mayflower Pilgrims had descended."
Etymology
Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: brevet, -, brevis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɹəˈvɛt/
- British English: /ˈbɹɛv.ɪt/