distinguished service medal

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   a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility

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Questions about distinguished service medal

What does distinguished service medal mean?

distinguished service medal means "a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility".

Is distinguished service medal a common word?

distinguished service medal 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.