1. A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
   "He received a brevet promotion to colonel during the war"

1. Promote somebody by brevet, in the military
   "The colonel was brevetted to general during the war"

Derived forms: brevets, brevetted, brevetting

Type of: advance, doc [informal], document, elevate, kick upstairs [informal], papers, promote, raise, upgrade, written document

Encyclopedia: Brevet