distinguished service cross

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   a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy

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Questions about distinguished service cross

What does distinguished service cross mean?

distinguished service cross means "a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy".

Is distinguished service cross a common word?

distinguished service cross 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.