Brevet may refer to:
Military
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Brevet (military)
In many of the world's military establishments, a brevet ( or ) was a warrant giving a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward for gallantry or meritorious conduct but may not confer the authority, precedence, or pay of real rank ...
, higher rank that rewards merit or gallantry, but without higher pay
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Brevet d'état-major
A ''Brevet d'état-major'' (French) or ''Staf Brevet'' (Dutch), both literally "General Staff Brevet", is a form of military distinction in France and Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Bel ...
, a military distinction in France and Belgium awarded to officers passing military staff college
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Aircrew brevet
Aircrew, also called flight crew, are personnel who operate an aircraft while in flight. The composition of a flight's crew depends on the type of aircraft, plus the flight's duration and purpose.
Commercial aviation
Flight deck positions ...
, or aircrew flying badge
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Parachutist brevet
A parachutist badge (or parachutist brevet) is a military badge awarded by the armed forces of many states to soldiers who have received parachute training and completed the required number of jumps. It is difficult to assess which country was the ...
, or parachutist badge
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Marine Corps Brevet Medal
The Marine Corps Brevet Medal, also known as the Brevet Medal, was a military decoration of the United States Marine Corps; it was created in 1921 as a result of Marine Corps Order Number 26. The decoration was a one-time issuance and retroactivel ...
, a former military award in the U.S. Marines
Other uses
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Brevet (cycling)
Randonneuring (also known as Audax in the UK, Australia and Brazil) is a long-distance cycling sport with its origins in audax cycling. In randonneuring, riders attempt courses of 200 km or more, passing through predetermined "controls" ( ...
, a long-distance cycling sport or a certificate awarded at such events
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Brevet college
The National Diploma (French: ''Le Diplôme National du Brevet des Collèges'') is a diploma given to French pupils at the end of 3e (year 10 / ninth grade), This diploma is awarded to students who are or were within French cultural influence, ...
, a national diploma given to French pupils who pass the exam the end of 3e or year 10
* Brevet, a non-hereditary
form of French nobility
* , a French term for a kind of
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
* "En France c'est le Brevet" famous quote by
Adrian IV on absolutism in the French Catholic Church
See also
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Breve
A breve (, less often , neuter form of the Latin "short, brief") is the diacritic mark ˘, shaped like the bottom half of a circle. As used in Ancient Greek, it is also called , . It resembles the caron (the wedge or in Czech, in S ...
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Brevity (disambiguation)
Brevity is concision or brevitas, the quality of being brief or concise.
It may also refer to:
* ''Brevity'' (comic strip), a comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry
* brevity code, a vocal word replacement system
* Operation Br ...
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