brown bar
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Meaning · English
A second lieutenant.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Making a rather astute deduction from the fact that the brown bar in white fatigues was loaded down with a huge bottle of clear liquid and an assortment of tubes and needles, […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “brown bar” mean?
A second lieutenant.
Is “brown bar” formal or informal?
brown bar is generally slang.