Veteran Definition

vĕtər-ən, vĕtrən
veterans
noun
veterans
Any person who has served in the armed forces.
Webster's New World
An old, experienced soldier, etc., esp. one who served in time of war.
Webster's New World
A person of long experience in some occupation or position.
Webster's New World

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

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adjective
Experienced; practiced.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a person who has served in the armed forces.
Webster's New World
Having had long experience, practice, or service.
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Other Word Forms of Veteran

Noun

Singular:
veteran
Plural:
veterans

Origin of Veteran

  • Latin veterānus from vetus veter- old wet-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin veterānus.

    From Wiktionary

Veteran Sentence Examples

  • Aleixo de Menezes, a veteran who had served under Albuquerque.

  • Napoleon was at the head of a veteran army of Frenchmen, who worshipped their leader and were willing to die for France if necessity demanded.

  • Hardenburgh, a veteran of the war, and for some years was known as Hardenburgh's Corners.

  • It was left to the veteran explorer, Sturt, to achieve the arduous enterprise of penetrating from the Darling northward to the very centre of the continent.

  • During the following year his father, Colonel Richard Taylor, a veteran of the War of Independence, migrated to Kentucky, settling near Louisville, and thereafter played an important part in the wars and politics of his adopted state.

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