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SECTION EIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
Classified under:
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)
