ˌsub-brigaˈdier
[sub- 6. Cf. F. sous-brigadier.]
Formerly, an officer in the Horse Guards with the rank of a cornet.
| 1684 E. Chamberlayne Angl. Notitia (ed. 15) i. 200 Sub-Corporals, or Sub-Brigadiers. 1738 Gentl. Mag. VIII. 109/2 Mr Rastall,—Eldest Sub-brigadier of the first Troop of Horse-guards, in room of Capt. Prew decd. 1802 James Milit. Dict. 1852 Burn Naval & Milit. Dict. (1863), Sub⁓brigadier, (second corporal of cavalry). |