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Purple Heart
noun
- a medal awarded for wounds received in action against an enemy or as a direct result of an act of the enemy.
Purple Heart
1noun
- a decoration awarded to members of the US Armed Forces for a wound incurred in action
purple heart
2noun
- any of several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Peltogyne
- the decorative purple heartwood of any of these trees
- informal.a heart-shaped purple tablet consisting mainly of amphetamine
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Purple Heart1
Example Sentences
It could be Preacher, who has a religious bent; or Bigger, the raw but hyperobservant new recruit; or the war-weary Silk, who already has a Purple Heart; or the aggressive Crazy Horse.
Several veterans groups separately filed a brief supporting the order: The Vietnam Veterans of America California State Council and four VVA chapters, the Amvets Department of California and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Twenty minutes later, Foster returns to PCH with not only the Purple Heart, but several family photos, wrapped carefully in a tablecloth.
He insults himself in the first minute of the movie, and from then on wears his humiliations like a Purple Heart pinned to his hairy, simian chest.
The military sent dozens of documents to Svoboda about Kubinec’s DNA testing and his service, including his posthumous Purple Heart.
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