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enlisted man

Definitions of enlisted man
  1. noun
    a male enlisted person in the armed forces
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    types:
    armorer, armourer, artificer
    an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
    charge of quarters
    an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours
    buck private, common soldier, private
    an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
    military recruit, recruit
    a recently enlisted soldier
    Black and Tan
    an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921
    raw recruit
    an inexperienced and untrained recruit
    sprog
    a new military recruit
    yard bird, yardbird
    a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
    type of:
    enlisted person
    a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
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