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veteran
/ˈvɛtɚən/
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What does veteran mean?
noun
- A person with long experience of a particular activity.
- A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
- (figuratively) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Having had long experience, practice, or service.
- Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
proper noun
- A village in Special Area No. 4, eastern Alberta, Canada.
- A ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada.
- A town in Chemung County, New York.
- A hamlet in Ulster County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Goshen County, Wyoming.
- A rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɛtɚən/
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With this sum the veteran inventor was able to extend his works, and produce air-ship after air-ship with remarkable rapidity.
Some ardor of the air which was causing the veteran commands to move with glee—almost with song—had infected the new regiment.
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And why should the veteran Roman troops have been so terrified and panic-stricken by a lot of cattle with firebrands on their horns?
The veteran legions of Rome were an overmatch for the undisciplined valor of all other nations and rendered her the mistress of the world.
Occasionally one sees a veteran jinrickisha man, and it is interesting to note how tenderly he is helped by his confreres.