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butterbar noun a second lieutenant in the US Army US, 1973 Vietnam coinage, from the gold-bar insignia.- On April 25, 117 marched out as “butterbars”–Second Lieutenants of Marines. — Washington Post Magazine, p. 24, 25 May 1980
- Barbara’s father pinned the gold bars—“butter bars” of a second lieutenant on the collars[.] — Lynda Van Devanter, Home Before Morning, p. 65, 1983
- A crusty old Sergeant major is not going to accept the indignity of becoming a “butterbar” second lieutenant. — Christopher Bassford, The Spint-Shine Syndrome, p. 141, 1988
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 31, 1991
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