YARD BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yard bird mean? 

• YARD BIRD (noun)
  The noun YARD BIRD has 2 senses:

1. a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks

2. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

  Familiarity information: YARD BIRD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YARD BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A military recruit who is assigned menial tasks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

yard bird; yardbird

Hypernyms ("yard bird" is a kind of...):

military recruit; recruit (a recently enlisted soldier)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

con; convict; inmate; yard bird; yardbird

Hypernyms ("yard bird" is a kind of...):

captive; prisoner (a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yard bird"):

lifer (a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment)

trusty (a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges)