brown bar
nounEtymology From the insignia of rank.
- Making a rather astute deduction from the fact that the brown bar in white fatigues was loaded down with a huge bottle of clear liquid and an assortment of tubes and needles, […]1978, The MAC Flyer, page 25:
- Afterward, Lindenmeyer made his way over to Lieutenant Turchan's radioman who, considering the brown-bar's greenness, almost appeared to be running the platoon.1991, Keith William Nolan, Operation Buffalo: USMC Fight for the DMZ, page 118: