Related Words for veteran

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seasoned
/x
Adjective
experienced
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
vet
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
old hand
//
Name, Verb, Name
old stager
//x
Name, Name, Name
grizzled
/x
Adjective
rookie
/x
Noun
newcomer
/xx
Noun
stalwart
/x
Noun
soldier
/x
Noun
fellow
/x
Noun
longtime
/x
Adjective
newbie
/x
Noun
neophyte
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Noun
former
/x
Noun
serviceman
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Noun
senior
/x
Name
journeyman
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Noun
infantryman
/xxx
Noun
retiree
x//
Noun
hotshot
/x
Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
novice
/x
Noun
resident
/xx
Noun
sergeant
/x
Noun
enlisted
x/x
Adjective
paratrooper
/xxx
Noun
military
/xxx
Noun
inexperienced
xx/xx
Adjective
young
/
Adjective
officer
/xx
Noun
expert
/x
Noun
reservist
x/x
Noun
volunteer
xx/
Noun
journalist
/xx
Noun
civilian
x/x
Adjective
activist
/xx
Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
survivor
x/x
Noun
specialist
/xx
Noun
member
/x
Noun
old soldier
//x
Name, Name
campaigner
x/x
Noun
old guard
//
Name, Name
rifleman
/xx
Noun
player
/x
Noun
maven
/x
Noun
athlete
/x
Noun
professional
x/xx
Adjective
hiker
/x
Noun
adventurer
x/xx
Noun
trainer
/x
Noun
gamer
/x
Noun
achiever
x/x
Noun
fighter
/x
Noun
worker
/x
Noun
meister
/x
Name
farmer
/x
Noun
operative
/xxx
Adjective
warrior
/xx
Noun
apprentice
x/x
Noun
regular
/xx
Adjective
soldiery
/xx
Noun
ranger
/x
Noun
horseman
/x
Noun
camper
/x
Noun
beginner
x/x
Noun
cultivator
/xxx
Noun
boy scout
//
Phrase, Noun
countryman
/xx
Noun
traveller
/xx
Noun
jogger
/x
Noun
surfer
/x
Noun
upper
/x
Noun
rancher
/x
Noun
shopper
/x
Noun
smoker
/x
Noun
artisan
/xx
Noun
staffer
/x
Noun
cavalryman
/xxx
Noun
workman
/x
Noun
amateur
/xx
Noun
pioneer
xx/
Noun
diver
/x
Noun
huntsman
/x
Noun
miner
/x
Noun
mountaineer
/xx
Noun
trooper
/x
Noun
the man
x/
Phrase, Noun
sportsman
/x
Noun
wayfarer
/xx
Noun
dancer
/x
Noun
dab hand
//
Phrase, Noun
israelis
x/x
Verb
cagey
/x
Adjective
wwii
/x
Name
wwi
x
Name
huntsville
/x
Name
decorated
/xxx
Adjective
tried
/
Adjective
paraplegic
xx/x
Adjective
aplomb
x/
Noun
blinded
/x
Adjective
scarred
/
Adjective
crippled
/x
Adjective
crusty
/x
Adjective
discharged
x/
Adjective
wily
/x
Adjective
maimed
/
Adjective
disabled
x/x
Adjective
watcher
/x
Noun
disillusioned
xx/x
Adjective
confederate
x/xx
Adjective
hardened
/x
Adjective
recruit
x/
Noun
embittered
x/x
Adjective
wizened
/x
Adjective
savvy
/x
Adjective
congressman
/xx
Noun
nisei
x/
Adjective
guadalcanal
xxx/
Name
wars
/
Noun
crimean
x/
Adjective
canny
/x
Adjective
toughened
/x
Verb
verdun
/x
Name
peninsular
x/xx
Adjective
bronzed
/
Adjective
skirmishes
/xx
Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
accomplished
x/x
Adjective
adept
x/
Adjective, Noun
alumni
x/x
Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
animals
/xx
Noun
army
/x
Noun
aspirant
/xx
Noun, Adjective
capable
/xx
Adjective
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
comrades
/x
Verb
disgruntled
x/x
Adjective
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
elderly
/xx
Adjective, Noun
expatriate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fighting
/x
Noun, Adjective
frontline
/x
Noun, Adjective
hero
/x
Noun
intrepid
x/x
Adjective
knowledgeable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
lao
/
Name, Adjective
mercenary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
newsman
/x
Noun
old
/
Adjective, Noun
palestinian
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
pensioners
/xx
Noun
pro
/
Adjective, Noun
proficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
renegade
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
renowned
x/
Adjective
resourceful
x/x
Adjective
sailor
/x
Noun
scout
/
Noun, Verb
seaman
/x
Noun
skipper
/x
Noun, Verb
swordsman
/x
Noun
talented
/xx
Adjective
timers
/x
Noun
trapper
/x
Noun
venerable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
wing
/
Noun, Verb
oh
/
Noun, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
cloth
/
Noun
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun