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brown shoe

brown shoe noun: a naval aviator.

Noun

brown shoe (plural brown shoes)

  1. (US) A naval aviator.
    • Halsey was also a “brown shoe,” a naval aviator, who was outgoing, bold, and sometimes maybe even a little too daring.2004, W. Brad Johnson, Gregory P. Harper, Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way, page 21

Forms of brown shoe

pluralbrown shoes

Questions about brown shoe

What does brown shoe mean?
Brown shoe means a naval aviator.
What part of speech is brown shoe?
Brown shoe is a noun.
What is the plural of brown shoe?
The plural of brown shoe is brown shoes.

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