noun
( plural section eights )
Usage: usually capitalized S&E
Etymology: Section VIII, Army Regulation 615-360, in effect from December 1922 to July 1944
1. : a discharge from the United States Army for military inaptitude or undesirable habits or traits of character
2. : a soldier discharged for military inaptitude or undesirable habits or traits of character
where the Section Eights wandered around whimpering all the time — R.O.Bowen