Noun: Tommy tó-mee
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
"our prisoner was just a Tommy and knew nothing of value";
- private, buck private [US], common soldier, squaddie [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: Tommies
Type of: enlisted man [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Tommy, the Unsentimental