"brown shoe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brown shoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brown shoe (plural brown shoes)
  1. (US, naval) A naval aviator. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-brown_shoe-en-noun-hmNoYTh4 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war

Inflected forms

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