Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun section_eight

2 senses of section eight

Sense 1
Section Eight -- (a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service)
       => soldier -- (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention")

Sense 2
Section Eight -- (a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable)
       => dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking -- (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))