"war baby" meaning in All languages combined

See war baby on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-war baby.wav Forms: war babies [plural], war-baby [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} war baby (plural war babies)
  1. (US military slang, World War I) An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence. Tags: US, World-War-I, slang
    Sense id: en-war_baby-en-noun-GkydVHic Categories (other): American English, World War I Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. Synonym of war child (“child born to a local parent and a parent belonging to a (usually occupying) foreign military force”) Synonyms: war child [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-war_baby-en-noun-6YqHoLfV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nepo baby, trust fund baby

Inflected forms

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