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butter bar

butter bar noun: a second lieutenant.

Noun

butter bar (plural butter bars)

  1. (slang, US Air Force, US Army, US Marines) A second lieutenant.
  2. (Navy, US, slang, US Coast Guard) An ensign.

Forms of butter bar

pluralbutter bars
alternative formbutterbar

Origin of butter bar

Derived from the insignia of an O-1 in the US Military, which consists of a single yellow bar.

Questions about butter bar

What does butter bar mean?
Butter bar means a second lieutenant.
What part of speech is butter bar?
Butter bar is a noun.
What is the plural of butter bar?
The plural of butter bar is butter bars.

Words near butter bar in the dictionary

  1. butted in
  2. butted out
  3. butted up
  4. Butten
  5. butter
  6. butter bar
  7. butter bars
  8. butter bean
  9. butter beans
  10. butter board
  11. butter boards

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