veteran

Plural

veterans

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A person with long experience of a particular activity.

   • We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount.
   • The company's new hires were nervous, but the veterans were self-assured because, as one summarized it, "this isn't our first rodeo."

2. 2.A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.

   • Most of the cars which we call "veterans" today were on view at the Motor Show of 1911.
   • The label has often collaborated with other designers, like Australian shoemaker Teva and American woolwear veteran Pendleton.
   • Their mules were clearly veterans. They seemed to know what to do even better than the teenage farmhand who was driving the team.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Having had long experience, practice, or service.

   • The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
   • “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

2. 2.Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

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