dogface

noun — 3 senses

dogface

noun

Etymology From dog + face.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War US, Slang A foot soldier, especially during World War II.

Yass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.1962, Joseph Commings, “The X Street Murders”, in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, published 2006:

2

Derogatory, Slang An ugly person.

Near-synonyms: pigface, horseface

3

Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.

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