veteran
[ˈvɛ.t̬ə.ɹən]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person with long experience of a particular activity.
noun
A person with long experience of a particular activity.
noun
A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
adj
Having had long experience, practice, or service.
adj
Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
name
A place in the United States:
name
A place in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "The company's new hires were nervous, but the veterans were self-assured because, as one summarized it, "this isn't our first rodeo.""
- "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today."
- "We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount."
- "For 55-year-old U.S. Army veteran Sae Joon Park, this was the hardest moment of his life. […] Park's story reflects both the challenges of life after combat and the perils that noncitizen veterans face if caught in the legal system — realities made harsher amid the Trump administration's push for record deportations."
- "Their mules were clearly veterans. They seemed to know what to do even better than the teenage farmhand who was driving the team."
- "Most of the cars which we call "veterans" today were on view at the Motor Show of 1911."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veterānus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vétéran, veterānus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˈvɛ.t̬ə.ɹən]
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.