serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man
ˈsər-vəs-ˌman 
-mən
1
: a male member of the armed forces
2
: a man employed to repair or maintain equipment
3
: a gas station attendant
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Examples of serviceman in a Sentence
wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck
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At dusk on November 26, an Aussie soldier invited an American serviceman to join him for a beer at a canteen near the PX.
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Despite the losses, Russia is still estimated to have almost 500,000 servicemen in Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, and has continued to replenish its troops, recruiting heavily from prisons and from the general public.
—Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
Warm relations soon chilled as the Soviets recruited civilians and servicemen to spy on the Americans and roughly interfered in the Americans’ dating of local women.
—Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Despite the losses, Russia is still estimated to have almost 500,000 servicemen in Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, and has continued to replenish its troops, recruiting heavily from prisons and from the general public.
—Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
Warm relations soon chilled as the Soviets recruited civilians and servicemen to spy on the Americans and roughly interfered in the Americans’ dating of local women.
—Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man
ˈsər-və-ˌsman
-smən
: a member of the armed forces
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