Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is a member of the armed forces.
- noun A man whose work is the maintenance and repair of equipment.
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- noun A man who
serves in the armed forces.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
Etymologies
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Examples
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The SOFA demands that every last U.S. serviceman is on a plane by December 31, 2011.
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II; one serviceman from the Persian Gulf War and one, Sgt. Matt Maupin of Ohio, who is still missing from the current war in Iraq.
19 New POW Cases 2008
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I don ` t believe a serviceman is contributing less.
Thurs. School Board Meeting Racially-Charged at cvillenews.com 2005
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I don ` t believe a serviceman is contributing less.
Thurs. School Board Meeting Racially-Charged at cvillenews.com 2005
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American serviceman is dead, it is not considered sufficient to conclude that a man is still alive.
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Chris you are so out of line – where do you get off saying that liberals don’ t care when a serviceman is killed.
Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’ 2006
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I called the serviceman, and he took apart the inner workings.
Hints From Heloise Post 2010
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The serviceman is the product of a Western society which, while it values individualism intrinsically, values subordination in pursuit of a collective objective as well.
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The serviceman is the product of a Western society which, while it values individualism intrinsically, values subordination in pursuit of a collective objective as well.
Soldiers and Warriors washingtonpost.com 2008
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I wanted him to be proud of me, just as he was proud of Rab and Steve, but still I was not persuaded that becoming a serviceman was the answer.
An Ordinary Soldier Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm 2008
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