VETERAN
\vˈɛtəɹən], \vˈɛtəɹən], \v_ˈɛ_t_ə_ɹ_ə_n]\
Definitions of VETERAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who has served in the armed forces
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rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"
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a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
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an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
By Princeton University
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a person who has served in the armed forces
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an experienced person; someone who has given long service
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rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"
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a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
By Noah Webster.
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Possessing experience due to age; long trained or practiced, especially as a soldier.
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A person of age and experience; one grown old in service; a soldier of any age who has seen active service in war.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Old, experienced: long exercised, esp. in military life.
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One long exercised in any service, esp. in war.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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