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SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does special court-martial mean?
• SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL (noun)
The noun SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL has 1 sense:
1. a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
Familiarity information: SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("special court-martial" is a kind of...):
court-martial (a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law)
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