as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck
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Recent Examples of serviceman
In 2014, four Air Force servicemen were killed after a flock of Canadian geese reportedly flew through their helicopter’s windshield, knocking the pilot and copilot unconscious.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
For the Pentagon, the bill would provide billions for shipbuilding, munitions systems, and quality-of-life measures for servicemen and women, as well as $25 billion for the development of the Golden Dome missile defense system.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Pray for the American servicemen and women who are in harms way.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 June 2025
In April 1975, during the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, there were some 3,000 babies in the country that had been fathered by U.S. servicemen.
—Jim Axelrod
june 9, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
For the Pentagon, the bill would provide billions for shipbuilding, munitions systems, and quality-of-life measures for servicemen and women, as well as $25 billion for the development of the Golden Dome missile defense system.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Pray for the American servicemen and women who are in harms way.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 June 2025
In April 1975, during the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, there were some 3,000 babies in the country that had been fathered by U.S. servicemen.
—Jim Axelrod
june 9, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviceman
Noun
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To maintain tanks’ relevance, Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have covered them in different configurations of armor as ad hoc solutions to rapidly shifting tactics.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed soldiers had been sent to the area, per the BBC.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lily the entrepreneur-warrior-hunter may try to actively determine the course of her own life, but she’s also portrayed as passively in the tidal grip of large impersonal forces like money, desire, and different social rules for women and men.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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When asked about funny memories with the cast — which included the likes of Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, and Ian McKellen — Bloom said that his glamorous elf warrior, Legolas, was subject to great ridicule among his costars.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceman. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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