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brass hats

brass hats is the plural of brass hat.

Meaning of brass hat

Noun

brass hat (plural brass hats)

  1. (metonymically, slang) A high-ranking officer. Commander.
    • "American brass hats make no secret that they regard outer space as a potential theater of military operations," it said.1982, Countdown begins for Space Shuttle, The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    brass

Questions about brass hats

What is brass hats the plural of?
Brass hats is the plural of brass hat.

Words near brass hats in the dictionary

  1. brass choir
  2. brass farthing
  3. brass farthings
  4. brass founders' ague
  5. brass hat
  6. brass hats
  7. brass instrument
  8. brass instrumentalist
  9. brass instrumentalists
  10. brass instruments
  11. brass it out

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