reservist

noun

Definition of reservistnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservist
  1. guardsman
  2. veteran
  3. GI
  4. militiaman
  5. conscript
  6. draftee
  7. recruit
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
  • The other guardsman, 24-year-old Staff Sgt.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
Definition of guardsman
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  • And a quieter sky genuinely matters to veterans with PTSD, to parents of sensory-sensitive kids, and to every dog that spends the Fourth wedged under a bed.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Condrey is a writer, veteran and formerly homeless resident of San Diego.
    — David Lee Condrey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026
Definition of veteran
Noun
  • Each sold for about $7,000, roughly $105,000 today, with no down payment required under the GI Bill.
    — Jonathan Tower, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • While colleges have promoted social mobility all along, the GI Bill in the post-World War II era blew the doors wide open, making higher education accessible to millions of first-generation college-goers.
    — Adam Stone, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Definition of GI
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
  • None of the state’s previous four draftees completed that path.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
  • Four former draftees are defensemen, ranging from selections in the 2021-2024 draft.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of draftee
Noun
  • Currently, the recruiting cycle is in a period in which recruits haven’t been able to make campus visits.
    — Gary Bedore July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Four recruits have been hospitalized, according to Castro and a source with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to talk to the press.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of recruit

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