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Noun: Section Eight
  1. (military) a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
     
  2. A discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable

Type of: chuck [Brit, informal], discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, heave-ho [informal], liberation, pongo [Brit, informal], release, sack, sacking, severance, soldier, the axe [informal], the boot [informal], the chop [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Section Eight