brown shoe

noun

A naval aviator.

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Meanings

nounbrown shoe (plural brown shoes)

plural brown shoes

  1. USgovernmentA naval aviator.

    Halsey was also a “brown shoe,” a naval aviator, who was outgoing, bold, and sometimes maybe even a little too daring.

    2004, W. Brad Johnson, Gregory P. Harper, Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way, page 21
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APA

brown shoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20shoe

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“brown shoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20shoe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown shoe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20shoe.

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