section eight

1. 1.

   a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service

   Broadersoldier

   military

2. 2.

   a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable

   Broaderdismissal

Questions about section eight

What does section eight mean?

section eight means "a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is section eight a common word?

section eight 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.