veteran
31veteran — /vet euhr euhn, ve treuhn/, n. 1. a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force; a veteran of many sports competitions. 2. a person who has served in a military force, esp.… …
32veteran — vet|er|an1 [ vet(ə)rən ] noun count * 1. ) someone who was in the military, especially during a war: a veteran of World War II Vietnam war veterans 2. ) someone who has a lot of experience doing a particular activity: jazz veteran Dave Brubeck… …
33veteran — noun (C) 1 someone who has been a soldier, sailor etc in a war: D Day veterans | a veteran of the Second World War 2 someone who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity: a veteran traveller (+ of): a veteran of the anti apartheid… …
34veteran — n. a disabled; war (AE) veteran (to retrain disabled veterans) USAGE NOTE: In BE, veteran means old soldier ; in AE, it means any former serviceman or servicewoman, young or old. * * * [ vet(ə)rən] war (AE) veteran (USAGE NOTE: In BE, veteran… …
35veteran — n. 1 a person who has grown old in or had long experience of esp. military service or an occupation (a war veteran; a veteran of the theatre; a veteran marksman). 2 US an ex serviceman or servicewoman. 3 (attrib.) of or for veterans. Phrases and… …
36VÉTÉRAN — n. m. T. d’Antiquité romaine Soldat qui avait obtenu son congé après avoir longtemps servi. Des terres furent distribuées aux vétérans. Il se dit aujourd’hui des Anciens soldats. Les vétérans des armées de terre et de mer. Il se dit aussi des… …
37Veteran — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Veteran >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 veteran veteran old man seer patriarch graybeard Sgm: N 1 grandfather grandfather grandsire Sgm: N 1 grandam grandam Sgm: N 1 gaffer gaffer …
38veteran — [[t]ve̱tərən[/t]] ♦♦♦ veterans 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces of their country, especially during a war. They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf… …
39Veteran — Ve·te·ra̲n [v ] der; en, en; 1 jemand, der lange Zeit Soldat war oder der in einem Krieg gekämpft hat: ein Veteran des Vietnamkrieges || K: Kriegsveteran 2 oft hum; jemand, der lange Zeit Mitglied in einer Organisation war || NB: der Veteran; den …
40Veteran — Ve|te|ran 〈 [ve ] m.; Gen.: en, Pl.: en; Mil.〉 altgedienter Soldat, Teilnehmer an einem früheren Feldzug [Etym.: <frz. vétéran »Veteran, ausgedienter Soldat od. Beamter« <lat. veteranus »altgedient, ausgedienter Soldat«; zu vetus »alt,… …
