Definition of reservist
: a member of a military reserve
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Following his arrest last Nov. 3, Ballard was fired from his job as a civilian firearms instructor with the NOPD and was suspended as an OPSO reservist.
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Paul Almanza, an Army reservist, refused to grant a defense motion calling for his recusal.
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1876
First Known Use of reservist
1876
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: a member of a military reserve
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