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SECTION EIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Section Eight mean? 

SECTION EIGHT (noun)
  The noun SECTION EIGHT has 2 senses:

1. a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
2. a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable

  Familiarity information: SECTION EIGHT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECTION EIGHT (noun)


Sense 1Section Eight [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Section Eight" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


Sense 2Section Eight [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Section Eight" is a kind of...):

discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))


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