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Definition of Brevets
1. brevet [v] - See also: brevet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brevets
Literary usage of Brevets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"Note accompanying a return of sundry brevets sent, filled vp, and sealed, from
the Office. ... In the brevets to General Scott and the other officers, ..."
2. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Pierre-Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (1812)
"Her Majesty in these brevets declared, that it was at my repeated solicitations
she had granted me leave to resign these places; and that I should not ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... "Des brevets d'invention et des almoner. During the next year he supplicated
for the degrees of BD and DD, and obtained the additional livings of St. ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"Blair died in St. Louis, Mo., July 8, 1875. lor in the defence of Fort Brown,
and the battles of Monterey aud Buena Vista, receiving the brevets of captain ..."
5. A Review of the Administration and Civil Police of the State of New York by Ferris Pell (1819)
"... to act in the several capacities for which they were returned, the Commander
in Chief therefore hereby assigns and brevets Oran E. Baker, Adjutant; ..."
6. The Public Primary School System of France: With Special Reference to the by Frederic Ernest Farrington (1906)
"The two brevets are very closely related to the work of the teacher and the normal
school, for the brevet elementaire is absolutely required of every ..."
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