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Veteran   /vˈɛtərən/  /vˈɛtrən/   Listen
adjective
Veteran  adj.  Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill. "The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers."



noun
Veteran  n.  One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had much experience, or has grown old or decrepit in service. "Ensigns that pierced the foe's remotest lines, The hardy veteran with tears resigns." Note: In the United States, during the civil war, soldiers who had served through one term of enlistment and had reenlisted were specifically designated veterans.






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"Veteran" Quotes from Famous Books



... virescent; immature, unripe; raw, untrained, callow, unsophisticated, awkward, inexperienced, unskilled, undisciplined, gullible; unseasoned; fresh, undecayed. Antonyms: sear, parched, seasoned, ripe, experienced, veteran. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... a good chance to displace Kendall, and St. Clair, who although he had been playing but one year was developing rapidly into a clever half, had many partisans who considered him the equal of the veteran Still. ...
— Left Tackle Thayer • Ralph Henry Barbour

... Salle a manger they met with a miscellaneous assortment of tourists. These, of whom there were above thirty, varied not only as to size and feature, but as to country and experience. There were veteran Alpine men—steady, quiet, bronzed-looking fellows, some of them—who looked as if they had often "attacked" and conquered the most dangerous summits, and meant to do so again. There were men, and women too, from England, America, Germany, France, and Russia. Some had been at Chamouni ...
— Rivers of Ice • R.M. Ballantyne

... matter with that little pony?" demanded the veteran officer, putting on his eyeglasses the better to see ...
— The Corner House Girls Growing Up - What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended • Grace Brooks Hill

... now clear for Yoritomo to establish a system of government which should secure to him and his family the fruits of his long contest. In A.D. 1190, he went up to the capital to pay his respects to the Emperor Go-Toba as well as to the veteran retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa. The latter was now in his sixty-sixth year, and had held his place through five successive reigns, and was now the friend and patron of the new government. He died, however, only two years later. Yoritomo knew the effect produced by a magnificent ...
— Japan • David Murray


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