army brat
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- noun
- /ˈɑrmi bræt/
- Informal
:
hijo de militar
- We know she's an army brat who was raised all over the world.
- grew up an army brat
And I I yeah, I grew up as a really proud Army brat.
- And I I yeah, I grew up as a really proud Army brat.
- But I'm used to moving to foreign countries because my parents my, you know, I'm an army brat.
- Point is that, and I was an Army brat.
Examples
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I was an army brat and attended "on-post" schools run by the military (civilian teachers and principals) for grades 1-8.
Blog text (13) -
I told him I grew up an army brat.
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I started life as an army brat and never tried to change.
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I was an army brat.
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I, Richard Howard Manson, was an army brat, living in thirteen different locations by the time I started high school.
Fiction book (2002) -
Growing up as an army brat meant moving frequently from one military base to another.
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As an army brat, she quickly learned how to adapt to new schools and friends.
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Many army brats share stories of their childhoods spent living in different countries.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly built from 'army' (military organization) + 'brat' (child), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a child of someone in the army. Some sociocultural nuances (frequent moves, life on bases) and the slightly pejorative tone of 'brat' may not be fully captured, but the core referential meaning is compositional and predictable.
Etymology
Army brat comes from the simple picture of a child of the army — a brat is an informal word for a child — who grows up on bases and moves with their parents. So it means 'a child of military parents' who is familiar with army life.