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serviceman

noun

ˈsər-vəs-ˌman How to pronounce serviceman (audio)
Definition of servicemannext
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 It's cost American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and the lives of 18 servicemen. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The wreckage of the plane and 10 of the servicemen were never found. — Hope McKenney, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Eloise told 9 News their adventures were funded using money Michael received as a former serviceman. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 Tillman was born in Germany to a German mother and an American serviceman father who left the family shortly after. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for serviceman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviceman
  1. soldier
  2. warrior
Noun
  • Amid the jubilation of the liberation, there is a darker side, as women who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and brutally publicly shamed.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
  • More than 500 soldiers and 600 police officers were deployed, according to the Colombian presidency.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • Here the focus was not nationalism but a spiritual discipline that supposedly allowed warriors to accept death with equanimity.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2026
  • No stranger to controversy or criticism, Sweeney, 29, faced the music from Olympic athletes, entertainment icons and millions of keyboard warriors who voiced their opinions of the naked ad.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of warrior

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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceman. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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