Definitions

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  • noun a person who has served in the armed forces.

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  • noun A man who used to be in the armed forces

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  • noun a person who has served in the armed forces

Etymologies

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From ex- +‎ serviceman

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Examples

  • It is on days like this, that I am proud to be an ex-serviceman, proud to do my bit as a special and proud to be British.

    Sunday Post, Ruralshire, England. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • The ex-serviceman was indicted on fraud counts over claims he fought and was wounded.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Anyone who thinks the "greed is good" culture started in the 1980s should look up David Edgar's play Destiny (1976), in which an ex-serviceman is appalled when developers tear down his beloved antique shop.

    State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974 by Dominic Sandbrook Francis Wheen 2010

  • He was an ex-serviceman, a big, burly guy who would occasionally come home crocked and get violent with the kids.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • He was an ex-serviceman, a big, burly guy who would occasionally come home crocked and get violent with the kids.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • Being an ex-serviceman, I get annoyed at the fact that my barrackroom was smaller than a jail cell.

    Couldn’t Prosecute Satan « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • He was an ex-serviceman, a big, burly guy who would occasionally come home crocked and get violent with the kids.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • I am an ex-serviceman and I am very, very impressed with how precisely (and overly caring) the Israeli's have fought in Gaza.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Most noticably the ex-serviceman who commented that even if the Afghan campaign will take 30 years, there won't be many (any?) military soldiers who will want to spend 30 years serving in this part of the world.

    Question Time Jeff 2007

  • I'm an ex-serviceman and understand that the comments in that thread (and possibly others) are not "fantasies", "repressed desires" or anything else that they may appear to an outsider.

    Enough Said Dave Hingsburger 2007

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