First Known Use: 1943
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Section Eight
noun
Definition of SECTION EIGHT
: a discharge from the United States Army for military inaptitude or undesirable habits or traits of character; also : a soldier receiving such a discharge
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Origin of SECTION EIGHT
Section VIII, Army Regulation 615–360, in effect from December 1922 to July 1944
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