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army brat

NOUN
child of a member of the u.s. army
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Munn, who grew up an army brat in a family that moved frequently during her childhood, said she savored “Your Friends & Neighbors” for its scathing commentary on the uppermost class of American society.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

In a 2019 interview with American Cinematographer, which named her one of the year’s rising stars, she described herself as an "army brat" drawn to movies because "there wasn’t that much to do outside."

From Fox News • Oct. 25, 2021

If this wrestling dynasty has a founding father, he got his start winning base championships as a “bashful” army brat living in the then West German city of Augsburg.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2015

She was an army brat until she was nine.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2012

He was an army brat, and joined up.

From Economist • May 17, 2012