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BRASS HAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brass hat mean?
• BRASS HAT (noun)
The noun BRASS HAT has 1 sense:
1. a high-ranking military officer
Familiarity information: BRASS HAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A high-ranking military officer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("brass hat" is a kind of...):
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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