"tour of duty" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tours of duty [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|tours of duty}} tour of duty (plural tours of duty)
  1. (military) A period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission. Categories (topical): Military Translations (period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission): palvelusaika (Finnish), komennusaika (Finnish), Auslandseinsatz [masculine] (German), misión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tour_of_duty-en-noun-vo9seZT6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tour of duty meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)

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