GI Joe

GI Joe is a slang name for someone who was or is in the military.

(noun)

An example of GI Joe is what you might call your cousin who is in the Army.

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See GI Joe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Slang any man in the U.S. armed forces; esp., an enlisted soldier in WWII

Origin: G.I., orig. abbrev. < g(alvanized) i(ron), interpreted as g(overnment) i(ssue) + Joe

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