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section eight

–noun
1. a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
2. a soldier receiving such a discharge.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism
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Sec·tion Eight   (sěk'shən)   
n.  
  1. A U.S. Army discharge based on military assessment of psychological unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable.

  2. Slang A soldier given such a discharge or behaving as if deserving such a discharge.


[After Section VIII of World War II U.S. Army Regulation 615-360, which provided for the discharge of those deemed unfit for military service.]
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