brown shoe

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English

Noun

brown shoe (plural brown shoes)

  1. (US, naval) A naval aviator.
    Coordinate term: black shoe
    • 2004, W. Brad Johnson, Gregory P. Harper, Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way, page 21:
      Halsey was also a “brown shoe,” a naval aviator, who was outgoing, bold, and sometimes maybe even a little too daring.

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