veteran

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A person with long experience of a particular activity.

   • The company's new hires were nervous, but the veterans were self-assured because, as one summarized it, "this isn't our first rodeo."
2. 2

   A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.

   • 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.
   • The label has often collaborated with other designers, like Australian shoemaker Teva and American woolwear veteran Pendleton.
3. 3

   Having had long experience, practice, or service.

   • The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
   • “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.
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   1. 4

      Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who…

      Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

   2. 5

      A village in Special Area No. 4, eastern Alberta, Canada.

   3. 6

      A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

   4. 7

      A rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

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