SERVICEWOMAN Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

servicewoman

noun

Definition of servicewoman

as in soldier

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civilian

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Recent Examples of servicewoman During the exchange Ukraine returned home a dog named Adik that Russian troops took away from its owner – a Ukrainian servicewoman from Mariupol – after she was captured. — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023 The local elementary school principal identified the girl: 7-year-old Sharita Rivera, who lived three miles away with her mother, an Army servicewoman stationed at Fort Bragg. — John H. Tucker, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022 Italian police placed the U.S. servicewoman under house arrest at Aviano Air Base and charged her with vehicular homicide, according to ANSA. — Clark Bentson, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2022 Lane, a native of Zanesville who grew up in the Canton area, was a U.S. Army nurse and the only American servicewoman killed as a direct result of enemy fire in the Vietnam War. — cleveland, 30 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for servicewoman

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Noun

Kelli stays strong as Shamea’s last standing soldier, accusing the other women of trusting a known liar.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026
In his mind, the only honest version of himself is the soldier.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 20 July 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

David Wiseman, a leading light in the Invictus movement and former serviceman, tells PEOPLE that Harry’s importance to the games cannot be underestimated.

— Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 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

Definition of serviceman

Noun

Sinon also told Odysseus the fallen Ithacan soldiers were unable to rest because they weren’t honored with proper Greek warrior funeral rites.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
For years, they have been stuck at sea with their leader, the great warrior king Odysseus (Matt Damon), trying to find a route home to Ithaca; hunger and desperation have spurred his fiery second-in-command, Eurylochus (Himesh Patel), toward mutiny.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of warrior

Noun

The Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as belonging to Patrick Orville Dearth, who was reported missing to the Fairbanks Police Department in November 1993, state troopers said.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
After the July 4 arrest, Cook County Judge Shauna Boliker ordered Milton not to go near the property or have any contact with the state trooper who reported him to authorities.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of trooper

Noun

Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the state’s lead method and will have a team of riflemen ready to go by the time a state law takes effect this summer.

— Kevin Fixler April 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2026
Oforah was an infantry rifleman.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026

Definition of rifleman

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