RESERVIST Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

reservist

noun

Definition of reservist

as in guardsman

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Recent Examples of reservist Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez, a Venezuelan wife of an Army reservist and Black Hawk helicopter pilot, was detained during a routine check-in with ICE in December. — Aileen Clarke, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 The former Naval Academy graduate and reservist said seeing NASCAR and the Navy come together carried meaning beyond motorsports. — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later identified the deceased as reservist Master Sergeant Haim Kalomiti, 55, from the town of Tzur Natan. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 June 2026 Watson, an Air Force reservist recently assigned to the 10th Air Force, spent nearly a decade as a command weapons systems officer with the 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for reservist

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Noun

It was taken inside the Lafitte Hotel on Bourbon Street, at the center of the French Quarter, after a guardsman used the bathroom on Sunday night.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Video captured guardsmen in yellow vests offering donuts and coffee out the back of a vehicle.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of guardsman

Noun

Last month, veteran Hollywood producer Roy Lee got three calls in a single day from executives at three different studios.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
In addition, veteran forward Andrew Wiggins’ two-year extension worth $34 million with the Heat also became official on Monday.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026

Definition of veteran

Noun

Jeff Wilkins, a historical re-enactor from Knoxville, Tennessee, dressed as a colonial militiaman, said attending the celebration was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.

— Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026

Definition of militiaman

Noun

Jung also highlighted the South Korean military’s personnel shortage, especially among noncommissioned officers and officers expected to help train new conscripts to use drones.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
The film begins in a Turkish military barrack, where Osman, a sensitive young conscript, forms a quiet but powerful bond with his superior, Ziya.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 June 2026

Definition of conscript

Noun

Introduced in a 2011 agreement between the union and league, the scale forces all draftees (typically between ages 21 and 23) into non-negotiable, four-year contracts usually below market value.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 July 2026
Bruins’ draftee and fellow Minnesotan Cooper Simpson, who tore it up with the USHL Youngstown Phantoms (34-40-74 in 61 games), is also headed to Grand Forks.

— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026

Definition of draftee

Noun

Nussmeier is the second high-profile Dallas-Fort Worth recruit to be denied an appeal Thursday, as North Crowley five-star John Meredith III, a Texas pledge, was also not granted eligibility.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
The size of recruit classes are dictated by the department’s annual budget, which is approved by the City Council before each fiscal year.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of recruit

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