silver star

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   a United States military decoration for gallantry in action

   SynonymsSilver Star Medal

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Questions about silver star

What does silver star mean?

silver star means "a United States military decoration for gallantry in action".

What is another word for silver star?

Close synonyms include Silver 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 silver star a common word?

silver 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.