veteran
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veterānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.tə.ɹən/, /ˈvɛ.tɹən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): [ˈvɛ.t̬ə.ɹən], [ˈvɛ.ɾə.ɹən]
Noun
veteran (plural veterans)
- A person with long experience of a particular activity.
- 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
- Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
- (figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
- A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans who weren't in armed conflict.
Derived terms
Translations
person with long experience
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old soldier
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Adjective
veteran (not comparable)
- Having had long experience, practice, or service.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 4, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:
- “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.
- Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
Related terms
Translations
with long experience
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vetəraːn/, [vetˢəˈʁɑːˀn]
Declension
Declension of veteran
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | veteran | veteranen | veteraner | veteranerne |
genitive | veterans | veteranens | veteraners | veteranernes |
Derived terms
- krigsveteran c
- veteranbane c
- veteranbil c
- veteranfly n
- veteranlokomotiv n
Further reading
Esperanto
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)
Derived terms
References
- “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)
Derived terms
References
- “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋetěraːn/
- Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ran
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛtɛˈrɑːn/
Declension
Declension of veteran | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | veteran | veteranen | veteraner | veteranerna |
Genitive | veterans | veteranens | veteraners | veteranernas |
Derived terms
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