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1. (n.) veteran
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
a veteran of the police force.
2. veteran
a person who has served in a military force, esp. during a war.
3. (adj.) veteran
(of a soldier) having served in a military force, esp. during a war.
4. veteran
experienced through long service:
a veteran member of Congress.
5. veteran
of or pertaining to veterans.
Etymology: (1495–1505; < L veterānus mature, experienced =veter-, s. of vetus old +-ānus -an1)
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| Definition of 'Veteran' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) veteran, veteran soldier
a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
"the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
2. (noun) veteran, vet, ex-serviceman
a person who has served in the armed forces
3. (adj) veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager, stager
an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
4. (adj) seasoned, veteran(a)
rendered competent through trial and experience
"a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer"
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1. (noun) veteran
a soldier who fought during a war
a veteran of the First World War
2. veteran
sb with a lot of experience in a particular field
the well-known veteran of journalism
3. (adjective) veteran
having a lot of experience
veteran pilots
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| Definition of 'Veteran' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Veteran
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
2. (noun) Veteran
one who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had
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Sense: a person who is (old and) experienced as a soldier etc or in some other occupation
a veteran footballer/entertainer.
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 Afrikaans: veteraan |
 Arabic: مُحَنَّك ، قَديم العَهْد |
 Bulgarian: ветеран |
 Brazilian: veterano |
 Czech: veterán |
 German: der Veteran, altgedient |
 Danish: veteran; veteran- |
 Greek: βετεράνος |
 Spanish: veterano |
 Estonian: veteran |
 Farsi: آدم با تجربه |
 Finnish: veteraani |
 French: vétéran |
 Hebrew: וָתִיק מִלחָמָה |
 Hindi: अनुभवी |
 Croatian: veteran |
 Hungarian: veterán |
 Indonesian: veteran |
 Icelandic: gamalreyndur starfsmaður/ |
 Italian: veterano |
 Japanese: ベテラン(の) |
 Korean: 고참 |
 Lithuanian: veteranas |
 Latvian: veterāns |
 Malay: veteran |
 Dutch: veteraan; ervaren |
 Norwegian: veteran; tidligere, gamme |
 Polish: weteran |
 Portuguese: veterano |
 Romanian: veteran, experimentat |
 Russian: ветеран |
 Slovak: veterán |
 Slovenian: veteran |
 Serbian: veteran |
 Swedish: veteran |
 Thai: ผู้มีประสบการณ์ |
 Turkish: üstat |
 Taiwanese: 老手 |
 Ukrainian: ветеран; бувалий солдат |
 Urdu: پختہ کار |
 Vietnamese: người kỳ cựu |
 Chinese: 老手 |
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