dogface

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noun

A foot soldier, especially during World War II.

“Near-synonyms: pigface, horseface”

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Meanings

noundogface (plural dogfaces)

plural dogfaces

  1. USslanggovernmentA foot soldier, especially during World War II.

    Yass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.

    1962, Joseph Commings, “The X Street Murders”, in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, published 2006
  2. derogatoryslangAn ugly person.

    Near-synonyms: pigface, horseface

    Synonyms: pigface, horseface

  3. Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn ugly person.

Similar
pigfacehorseface
Also see
horsefaceold billpigfacesoldier

Origin

From dog + face.

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Cite this entry
APA

dogface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogface

MLA

“dogface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogface. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogface.

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