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
The manpower shortages compelled the War Department not only to rethink its policy of barring Black GIs from combat, but to cut back the number of servicemen stationed stateside, retaining only those disqualified for overseas duty by age or physical condition.
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Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
But in 1942, it was converted into a U.S.O. and was used to entertain servicemen and women training at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
As an 18-year-old serviceman Spurgeon was old enough to marry.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
The Russian Defence Ministry said earlier on Sunday that 146 Russian servicemen were returned from Ukraine in exchange for 146 Ukrainian prisoners of war, adding that eight Russian civilians from the Kursk region were also returned.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
But in 1942, it was converted into a U.S.O. and was used to entertain servicemen and women training at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
As an 18-year-old serviceman Spurgeon was old enough to marry.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
The Russian Defence Ministry said earlier on Sunday that 146 Russian servicemen were returned from Ukraine in exchange for 146 Ukrainian prisoners of war, adding that eight Russian civilians from the Kursk region were also returned.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviceman
Noun
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Earlier this year, the Israeli military retrieved the body of another soldier who was killed in the 2014 war.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Just off the Gregory House, a trail leads to the Hammock Landing Battery, where Confederate soldiers guarded the river from attack, protecting their manufacturing hub in Columbus, Georgia.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Those involve besting a fellow warrior in battle.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Dek is the weakest link in his warrior family, and the arrival of their father cements that fact; there is no sentimentality here as the elder predator orders Kwei to kill his brother and be done with him.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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