reservist

English

Etymology

reserve +‎ -ist

Noun

reservist (plural reservists)

A soldier who is assigned as reserved; after training, no longer in full active duty.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 124:
  One of the men there, a reservist he said he was, told my brother he had seen the heliograph flickering in the west.

Synonyms

weekend warrior

Related terms

reservism

Translations

a soldier who is assigned as reserved; after training, no longer in full active duty

Albanian: rezervist (sq) m, rezerviste f
Armenian: ռեզերվիստ (hy) (ṙezervist), պահեստային (hy) (pahestayin)
Belarusian: рэзерві́ст m (rezjervíst), рэзерві́стка f (rezjervístka)
Bulgarian: запасня́к m (zapasnják), запасня́чка f (zapasnjáčka), резерви́ст m (rezervíst), резерви́стка f (rezervístka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預備役／预备役 (zh) (yùbèiyì), 預備隊／预备队 (zh) (yùbèiduì)
Czech: záložník (cs) m, záložnice f
Danish: reservist c
Dutch: reservist (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: reservväelane
Finnish: reserviläinen
French: réserviste (fr) m or f
Georgian: რეზერვისტი (rezervisṭi)
German: Reservist (de) m, Reservistin f
Greek: έφεδρος (el) m (éfedros), έφεδρη (el) f (éfedri)
Hungarian: tartalékos (hu)
Italian: riservista (it) m or f
Japanese: 予備兵 (よびへい, yobihei)
Korean: 예비병(豫備兵) (ko) (yebibyeong), 후비병(後備兵) (hubibyeong)
Latvian: rezervists m, rezerviste f
Lithuanian: rezervistas m, rezervistė f
Macedonian: резерви́ст m (rezervíst), резерви́стка f (rezervístka), ре́диф m (rédif) (archaic), ре́дифка f (rédifka) (archaic)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reservist m
Polish: rezerwista m, rezerwistka f
Portuguese: reservista m or f
Romanian: rezervist (ro) m, rezervistă f
Russian: резерви́ст (ru) m (rezervíst), резерви́стка f (rezervístka), запа́сник (ru) m (zapásnik), военнообя́занный запа́са m (vojennoobjázannyj zapása), военнообя́занный в запа́се m (vojennoobjázannyj v zapáse)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: резѐрвист m, резѐрвистица (sh) f

Roman: rezèrvist (sh) m, rezèrvistica (sh) f
Slovak: záložník m, záložníčka f
Slovene: rezervist m, rezervistka f
Spanish: reservista m or f
Swedish: reservare c, reservist (sv) c
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: резерві́ст m (rezervíst), резерві́стка f (rezervístka), запасни́к m (zapasnýk)
Uzbek: rezervist (uz)
Vietnamese: lính trừ bị

Anagrams

restrives, reverists

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réserviste. Equivalent to reserve +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌreː.zɛrˈvɪst/, /ˌreː.zərˈvɪst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: re‧ser‧vist
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

reservist m (plural reservisten)

(military) reservist

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