Green Beret

noun

: a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces

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Charles Thompson, a Green Beret who served three tours of duty in Vietnam, met his wife, Therese Hue Thompson, while stationed there. Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025 While serving for 20 years in the Army, including twelve years as a Green Beret trained in combat medicine, Dr. Ethan Allison also managed to earn his medical degree at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine. Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 That same month, prosecutors say Wenger connected another man — a fellow Green Beret hopeful who was enlisted in the California National Guard but living in Oregon — with Harris, also to buy anabolic steroids. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025 When the studio passed on the project, Orion Pictures snapped it up, and on Kotcheff’s suggestion, hired Sylvester Stallone to star as John Rambo, a former Green Beret on a suicide mission. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Green Beret

Word History

Etymology

from the beret worn by Special Forces soldiers

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Green Beret was in 1949

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“Green Beret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Green%20Beret. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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