Definition of veteran
1a : a former member of the armed forcesb : 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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Examples of veteran in a Sentence
a veteran of the political scene
He's a 10-year veteran with the team.
Recent Examples of veteran from the Web
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Weissmann and Rhee join a growing team that includes Peter Carr, a veteran spokesman for the Justice Department who will deal with the news media, and two former Wilmer partners, Aaron Zebley and James Quarles.
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Among Kuhn's memories of that early parade were some of the local veterans who had taken part in it.
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Also slain was Deputy William Durr, a two-year sheriff’s department veteran and former police officer in nearby Brookhaven, where authorities said Godbolt fled and killed four more people at two other homes.
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For as long as Silicon Valley has been a tech hub, waves of former Washington, D.C., political veterans, including Republican operatives, have moved there to lobby.
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In a speech to Confederate veterans in Mississippi in 1878, Jefferson Davis made this equation of Lost Cause ideology explicit.
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For him, the holiday underscored that while being a veteran is a privilege, being a Marine carries a responsibility of memory.
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Best was a Portland city employee and army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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And the story lines that ran through all those old movies — the scrappy underdogs who band together to take down the Yankees, the disillusioned veteran who rediscovers his love for the game — have aged even worse.
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Origin and Etymology of veteran
Latin veteranus, from veteranus, adjective, old, of long experience, from veter-, vetus old — more at wether
First Known Use: 1509
VETERAN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of veteran for English Language Learners
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: someone who fought in a war as a soldier, sailor, etc.
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: someone who has a lot of experience in a particular activity, job, etc.
VETERAN Defined for Kids
Definition of veteran for Students
1 : a person who has had long experience
2 : a former member of the armed forces especially in war
Definition of veteran for Students
: having gained skill through experience She is a veteran dog trainer.
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