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Neither. "Buck Private" was a slang term for the rank of Private.

Once a new soldier was promoted and given 1 stripe, his rank was Private First Class. So, they used this term to distinguish between a Private with no stripes and a PFC.

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Neither. "Buck Private" was a slang term for the rank of Private.

Once a new soldier was promoted and given 1 stripe, his rank was Private First Class. So, they used this term to distinguish between a Private with no stripes and a PFC.

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A "stable buck" is the lowest job in the stable. This is the person who'll do most of the heavy lifting and most odious jobs. The most famous example of one is probably Crooks from "Of Mice and Men". There is an argument to be made for "buck" to be a reference to his race, but an as compelling one for this "buck" to be derived from the military custom of using "buck" to denote the lowest form of any rank: buck sergeant, buck private. Through shortening, this becomes a person of no status other than male.

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