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

This is my personal version of those videos of soldiers coming home from war, and the other women react as such.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

Yevhenii Lakhnenko, a 46-year-old army serviceman who had his right arm and left leg amputated after being wounded last October, said swimming had been central to his recovery.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Police said the man was a former Chinese military serviceman who had operated a military supply store near Camp Humphreys since 2021.

— Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of serviceman

Noun

The army Mladic created to fight in Bosnia was a model of ruthlessness, daring and brutality in the Serb warrior tradition, once prized in the life-or-death partisan struggle against the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia in World War Two.

— Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
As a warrior for kindness and a defender of hope, may Parton’s legacy never leave us.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of warrior

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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