veteran

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vet·er·an | \ ˈve-tə-rən

, ˈve-trən \

Definition of veteran

1a : a former member of the armed forces

b : an old soldier of long service

2 : a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (such as politics or the arts)

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a veteran of the political scene He's a 10-year veteran with the team.

Recent Examples on the Web Autoplay Qinxuan Pan, accused of gunning down Yale University graduate student and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Jiang earlier this year, is expected to ask a judge in Connecticut to reduce his $20 million bail in a hearing scheduled for next month. — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 June 2021 The oldest is Gary Wickersham, who, according to his attorney, is an 80-year-old Army veteran. — Clare Hymes, Cassidy Mcdonald, CBS News, 1 June 2021 An Army veteran who had worked all his life, Fishburn enrolled at Cleveland State University in Ohio in 2016. — NBC News, 1 June 2021 Beau, an Iraq war veteran, died of brain cancer in 2015. — Editors, USA TODAY, 31 May 2021 The President spoke about the death of his own son, Beau Biden, who was an Iraq War veteran. — Kate Sullivan, CNN, 31 May 2021 Mike Byer, an Army veteran himself, is Program Director for Operation Song and produced the album. — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 29 May 2021 In 2016, an Army veteran of two Afghanistan tours killed one person and wounded several others during a shooting rampage in west Houston before being gunned down by a SWAT officer. — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021 Power foreman Timothy Romo, an Air Force veteran, spent over 22 years with the VTA, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 28 May 2021

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