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BRASS HAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brass hat mean? 

BRASS HAT (noun)
  The noun BRASS HAT has 1 sense:

1. a high-ranking military officerplay

  Familiarity information: BRASS HAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRASS HAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A high-ranking military officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("brass hat" is a kind of...):

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


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