war baby

English

Alternative forms

  • war-baby

Pronunciation

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Noun

war baby (plural war babies)

  1. (US military slang, World War I) An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
  2. Synonym of war child (“child born to a local parent and a parent belonging to a (usually occupying) foreign military force”)

See also

References

  • Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 114
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