veteran

Plural: veterans

Noun

• A person with long experience in a particular field.
• a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
  • "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
• a person who has served in the armed forces
• an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
• A person with long experience of a particular activity.
• A person with long experience of a particular activity.
• A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
• A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.

Adjective Satellite

• rendered competent through trial and experience
  • "veteran steadiness"
  • "a veteran officer"

Adj

• Having had long experience, practice, or service.
• Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Examples

• The company's new hires were nervous, but the veterans were self-assured because, as one summarized it, "this isn't our first rodeo."
• The veteran Scrabble player easily outmaneuvered the newcomer with a triple-word score.
• Their mules were clearly veterans. They seemed to know what to do even better than the teenage farmhand who was driving the team.
• We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount.

Synonyms

ex-serviceman, old hand, old stager, old-timer, oldtimer, seasoned, stager, vet, veteran soldier, warhorse

Related Words

VA, VFW, inveterate

Anagrams of veteran