Veteran
['vet(ə)r(ə)n] or ['vɛtərən]
Definition
(noun.) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.
(noun.) a person who has served in the armed forces.
(noun.) a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; 'the veterans laughed at the new recruits'.
Typed by Hester--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.
(n.) One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
Inputed by Bennett
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Old (in experience), experienced (especially in war).
n. Old soldier.
Editor: Upton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Habitue, expert, adept, proficient
ANT:Tyro, recruit, novice, lubber
Typed by Hector
Definition
adj. old experienced: long exercised esp. in military life.—n. one long exercised in any service esp. in war.—v.t. Vet′eranise to make veteran.—v.i. (U.S.) to re-enlist for military service.
Typist: Sophie
Examples
- The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This medal was founded in 1902 by the professional friends and associates of the veteran American ironmaster and metallurgical inventor, in honor of his eightieth birthday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In a little while another veteran was discharged abruptly from the same door, clawing at the air for a saving support. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- By these attentions, that veteran rake, Rawdon Crawley, found himself converted into a very happy and submissive married man. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A million veteran fighting-men from Helium's thin waterways man the battleships, the transports, and the convoys, he replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His was one of three veteran divisions that had been in battle, and its absence was severely felt. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Miss Fanny was excessively courteous to her, and said the usual nothings with the skill of a veteran. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Two of McPherson's veteran divisions had re-enlisted on the express provision that they were to have a furlough. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The veteran examined it and handed it back, saying, Now finish it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At length a veteran officer spelled it over deliberately and shook his head three or four times and said that in his opinion it was seditious. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tyler received the attack with his raw troops, and they maintained their position, until reinforced, in a manner worthy of veterans. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Blair returned to it, bringing with him the two divisions of veterans who had been on furlough. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Veterans could not have behaved better than they did up to the moment of reaching the rebel camp. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General Buell was on his way from Nashville with 40,000 veterans. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Yet these plain-looking fishermen had defeated the veterans of Alva. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And they will place them under the command of experienced veterans who will be their leaders and teachers? Plato. The Republic.
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