(pronounced brehv-it) An honorary promotion in rank, usually for merit. Officers did not usually function at or receive pay for their brevet rank.

mid-14c., from Old French brievet "letter, note, piece of paper; papal indulgence" (13c.), diminutive of bref "letter, note" (see brief (adj.)). Army sense is from 1680s.

1839, from French breveter, from brevet (see brevet (n.)). Related: Breveted; breveting.

(Say: bruh-vay) - A brevet is an official randonneuring ride of at least 200 kilometers usually completed to qualify for longer and major events, such as Paris-Brest-Paris and Boston-Montreal-Boston. [..]

A commission nominally promoting an officer to a higher honorary rank without higher pay but, sometimes, with greater authority

A certificate showing that a pilot has passed certain elementary flying tests and my be considered a qualified pilot

(Say: bruh-vay) - A brevet is an official randonneuring ride of at least 200 kilometers usually completed to qualify for longer and major events, such as Paris-Brest-Paris and Boston-Montreal-Boston. [..]

A randonnée to qualify a rider to enter a longer randonnée. This is a French word, variously translatable as "diploma," "certificate" or "patent."

The term brevet is used in the context of military law. Brevet refers to a commission that promotes a military officer in rank without an increase in pay. Brevet officers receive the pay and emolument [..]

(n) a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)(v) promote somebody by brevet, in the military

(Say: bruh-vay) - A brevet is an official randonneuring ride of at least 200 kilometers usually completed to qualify for longer and major events, such as Paris-Brest-Paris and Boston-Montreal-Boston. Just as on the longer events, in order to officially complete a brevet you must ride the entire route and stop at checkpoints along the way between ce [..]

(Say: bruh-vay) - A brevet is an official randonneuring ride of at least 200 kilometers usually completed to qualify for longer and major events, such as Paris-Brest-Paris and Boston-Montreal-Boston. [..]

A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as i [..]

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