Word Image
plural: veterans
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
a former member of the armed forces; an old soldier of long service; a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (such as politics or the arts)
Word Family
Sentences
He’s a ten-year veteran with the baseball team.
Zach Bryan, a military veteran, celebrated the 4th of July by releasing his fifth studio album
After two years of war, all the veterans in the unit were exhausted.
The arresting officer, William West, was a Union Army veteran.
Some veterans are taking a new approach to helping each other heal.
Our mail delivery man is a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service.
At least 15 veteran editors and writers have left the paper in recent months.
The Dodgers have an excellent team with plenty of all-star talent and veteran leadership.
The VFW stands for Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The story was based on interviews with active-duty soldiers and veterans at hospitals.
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