doughboy

English

Etymology

dough +‎ boy; reason of concatenation unknown. Dated from 1847, during the Mexican-American War.^[1]

Noun

doughboy (plural doughboys)

1. (US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.

References

1. ^ “doughboy”, Wordorigins.org, Dave Wilton, Monday, January 05, 2009.