war baby

English

Alternative forms
  • war-baby

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.

See also

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