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 And during World War II, servicewomen were issued a tube of Elizabeth Arden’s Montezuma Red in their military kits. — Emily Listfield, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023 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 Lane is said to be the only American servicewoman killed by direct enemy fire during that war. — Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 28 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for servicewoman

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Noun

The soldiers sent back an empty tank shell and a video thanking him.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
All along the parapets, Ormund’s child soldiers are vomiting and pissing themselves.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Today, cargo ships are facing down everything from boarders to kamikaze drones, cyber warriors and advanced missiles.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of warrior

Noun

Records from that time indicated state troopers found Farinacci sitting on a park bench, out of breath, the affidavit reads.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
The passenger, Kimbrew Horton, 29, of Chicago, also got out of the vehicle and tried to run away, but another trooper who arrived at the scene caught him.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 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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