Common name used by people outside of the military to descibe one who is a member of some kind of Special Forces. Often used incorrectly and applied to many different special operations or elite military groups.

Only the Army has them in reality. Army "Special Forces" wear a dark green beret in the garison evnvironment.
My uncle was a green beret in Vietnam.
by genmatt February 15, 2004
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(UK) Member of the British Royal Marine Commandos.
(USA) Member of the US Army Special Forces.

"Green Beret" is the nicknames, because of their headgear. Which is a green beret, though this is moreso on the US Special Forces, than the Royal Marines.

Don't mess with either of those fucking elites though. The green berets = 10 seconds from pwnage (if you're a terrorist)
Yank: I was in the green berets, dude.
Brit: I was a green beret, mate.
by VirginityTaker69 March 2, 2008
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1) U.S. Army Special forces.

2) The best character from the Commandos series.
1) And in other news, U.S. army Green Berets killed 14 Iraqi civilians in an attack today.....

2) This group of soldiers has been isolated from their unit. Let's see if we can offer them a hand.....or a knife.
by Snake March 7, 2005
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Some of the best soldiers in the world, but not as good as Navy SEALs so are used to train Iraqi soldiers while SEALs do all the most important work
"hey look some green berets trainin rag heads"
"oh and there, some SEALS savin the world"
by specop December 8, 2007
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It's a special forces secret mission to penetrate the delicate anal pucker of an pure and unsuspecting young woman.
the Tallahassee Green Beret with quick and precise counterinsurgency Manu versus foreign entity deep inside her hesitant anal cavity.
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