Veteran - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service (syn: old-timer, stager, warhorse)
adjective
a veteran officer
Extra examples
He's a 10-year veteran with the team.
Veteran Car Club of Great Britain
Veterans' Day
Veterans Administration
She pauses and affects the more dramatic tone of a veteran actress.
The veteran cop showed the rookie the ropes.
The boat was skippered by a skilled veteran sailor.
...though he's already attained star status, the rookie remains deferent to the team's veteran players...
...a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all...
He is a veteran parliamentarian whose views enjoy widespread respect.
The veteran has the right to prepay the loan without any penalties.
...veteran poker players invariably have expressionless faces, regardless of the hand they're holding...
Word forms
singular: veteran
plural: veterans
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