service member

noun

variants or less commonly servicemember

ˈsər-vəs-ˌmem-bər 

plural service members also servicemembers

: a person who is a member of the armed forces

Once Federal Judge Martin Barash administered the oath of allegiance and spoke about their new responsibilities and privileges, he singled out each service member by name (the only new citizens offered this recognition), and the crowd responded with standing ovations.

—Smithsonian

For three-quarters of a century, East Helena has proudly honored servicemembers with a monument in the heart of town. And now community leaders are looking for names of area veterans as they rebuild the monument with a new design.

—Tom Kuglin

Examples of service member in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Estimating impact From those samples, total testosterone levels were measured from 479 male, active-duty Army service members. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Throughout the war in Iran, Chinese entities have also supplied Tehran with satellite imagery, including images of a base in Jordan that Iran struck in July, resulting in the deaths of three American service members. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

There’s almost nothing this administration won’t tarnish, and that now extends to justice for service members killed or wounded by then-Maj. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

The Post exclusively reported last month that the number of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database. — Tara Copp, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for service member

• crewmember
• december
• dismember
• nonmember
• november
• remember
• september
• ember