doughboy

dough·boy  (dboi)

n.

1. A piece of bread dough that is rolled thin and fried in deep fat.

2. An American infantryman in World War I.

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[Sense 2, perhaps from the large buttons on American uniforms of the 1860s, said to resemble doughboys (sense 1).]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	doughboy - an American infantryman in World War I foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher - fights on foot with small arms
	2.	doughboy - a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread; "the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut" friedcake - small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat