bronze star

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   a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight)

   SynonymsBronze Star Medal

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Questions about bronze star

What does bronze star mean?

bronze star means "a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight)".

What is another word for bronze star?

Close synonyms include Bronze Star Medal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bronze star a common word?

bronze star is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.