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yellow shirts

yellow shirts is the plural of yellow shirt.

Meaning of yellow shirt

Noun

yellow shirt (plural yellow shirts)

  1. A sailor on an aircraft carrier responsible for directing aircraft.
    • I was extremely happy and excited when promoted to yellow shirt, but I was scared because I didn't want to make any mistakes or get chewed out for doing something wrong.1988, United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Historical Center, Naval aviation news, page 21
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow, shirt.

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Noun capitalized: Yellow Shirts

Yellow Shirts

  1. (plural) plural of Yellow Shirt

Questions about yellow shirts

What is yellow shirts the plural of?
Yellow shirts is the plural of yellow shirt.
What part of speech is yellow shirts?
Yellow shirts is a noun.

Words near yellow shirts in the dictionary

  1. yellow seahorse
  2. yellow seahorses
  3. yellow sheet
  4. yellow sheets
  5. yellow shirt
  6. yellow shirts
  7. yellow shoot disease
  8. yellow sigatoka
  9. yellow slug
  10. yellow slugs
  11. yellow snow

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