army brat

1. 1.

   the child of a career officer of the United States Army

   Broaderchild

Questions about army brat

What does army brat mean?

army brat means "the child of a career officer of the United States Army".

Is army brat a common word?

army brat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.