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  • adjective Before military service.

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ military

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Examples

  • In many cases, the religious nationalists have ascended to command positions from precisely the kind of premilitary college course that Mr. Zamir runs - but theirs are run by the religious movements rather than his secular one, meaning that the competition between him and them is both ideological and careerist.

    Elder of Ziyon 2009

  • In many cases, the religious nationalists have ascended to command positions from precisely the kind of premilitary college course that Mr. Zamir runs - but theirs are run by the religious movements rather than his secular one, meaning that the competition between him and them is both ideological and careerist.

    Aftermath News 2009

  • In many cases, the religious nationalists have ascended to command positions from precisely the kind of premilitary college course that Mr. Zamir runs - but theirs are run by the religious movements rather than his secular one, meaning that the competition between him and them is both ideological and careerist.

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2009

  • Most venereal-disease anxiety sufferers had "frequently deviated from the accepted moral standards" of their premilitary life by engaging in pre - and extramarital sex, and many had previously been treated for a sexually transmitted disease.

    Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

  • It's also part of a much larger campaign to bring a semblance of premilitary nature to the bowl-like nook near the southeast corner of the park.

    SFGate: Top News Stories John King 2010

  • Several of the testimonies, published by an institute that runs a premilitary course and is affiliated with the left-leaning secular kibbutz movement, showed a distinct impatience with religious soldiers, portraying them as self-appointed holy warriors.

    GetReligion 2009

  • Several of the testimonies, published by an institute that runs a premilitary course and is affiliated with the left-leaning secular kibbutz movement, showed a distinct impatience with religious soldiers, portraying them as self-appointed holy warriors.

    GetReligion 2009

  • Several of the testimonies, published by an institute that runs a premilitary course and is affiliated with the left-leaning secular kibbutz movement, showed a distinct impatience with religious soldiers, portraying them as self-appointed holy warriors.

    War in Context 2009

  • Several of the testimonies, published by an institute that runs a premilitary course and is affiliated with the left-leaning secular kibbutz movement, showed a distinct impatience with religious soldiers, portraying them as self-appointed holy warriors.

    Aftermath News 2009

  • Several of the testimonies, published by an institute that runs a premilitary course and is affiliated with the left-leaning secular kibbutz movement, showed a distinct impatience with religious soldiers, portraying them as self-appointed holy warriors.

    GetReligion 2009

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