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SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("special court-martial" is a kind of...):
court-martial (a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law)