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buck privates

buck privates is the plural of buck private.

Meaning of buck private

Noun

buck private (plural buck privates)

  1. (US, slang) A private soldier keen ("bucking") for promotion; an ambitious private.
    • Bedell Smith was a shopkeeper's son from Indiana who rose from buck private to general without the polish of West Point or a college degree.2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, pages 15–16

Questions about buck privates

What is buck privates the plural of?
Buck privates is the plural of buck private.

Words near buck privates in the dictionary

  1. buck moon
  2. buck moons
  3. buck naked
  4. buck out
  5. buck private
  6. buck privates
  7. buck rabbit
  8. buck rabbits
  9. buck rarebit
  10. buck rarebits
  11. Buck Rogers time

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