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

Synonyms of serviceman

• soldier
• warrior

Examples of serviceman in a Sentence

wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck

Recent Examples on the Web

Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets. —Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen. —ABC News, 27 May 2026

Her husband of 21 years is buried at the cemetery among more than 82,000 servicemen and women—many who served and never came home. —Noel Brennan, CBS News, 25 May 2026

Later, servicemen returning from the South Pacific (and the musical of the same name) added to the nostalgic view. —Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

service entry 1 + man entry 1

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for serviceman

• assemblyman
• carbofuran
• catamaran
• chipewyan
• illinoian
• newspaperman
• nurseryman
• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin

Kids Definition

serviceman

noun

ser·​vice·​man ˈsər-və-ˌsman 

-smən

: a member of the armed forces