buck private

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buck private (plural buck privates)

(US, military slang) A private soldier keen ("bucking") for promotion; an ambitious private.
- 2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, pages 15–16:
  Bedell Smith was a shopkeeper's son from Indiana who rose from buck private to general without the polish of West Point or a college degree.

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buck general

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