Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

battle buddy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: bat-tle bud-dy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Another servicemember assigned to mutually help another under the battle buddy system, and by extension any comrade.

American usage

Example Sentences

"I didn't know why, but I cut through and took a shorter route and I happened to bump into my battle buddy (SSG). As I piece everything together, I remembered my battle buddy telling me that I was scaring him, because I had “that look”"
"You don't do anything without your battle buddy. If your battle buddy does something stupid, you pay for it."
"To teach you this lesson, your Drill Sergeants will assign you a battle buddy."
"In fact, the system works so well that the Army has expanded the battle buddy system to units other than basic training"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

battle buddies (plural)

Phrases

brother-in-arms blue falcon

Frequently Paired Words

brother-in-arms comrade blue falcon battle

Questions

What does battle buddy mean?: Another servicemember assigned to mutually help another under the battle buddy system, and by extension any comrade.

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