Antonyms for veterans
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vet-er-uh n, ve-truh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən |
Definition of veterans
Origin :- c.1500, "old experienced soldier," from French vétéran, from Latin veteranus "old," from vetus (genitive veteris) "old," from PIE *wetus- "year" (cf. Sanskrit vatsa- "year," Greek etos "year," Hittite witish "year," Old Church Slavonic vetuchu "old," Old Lithuanian vetušas "old, aged"). Latin vetus also is the ultimate source of Italian vecchio, French vieux, Spanish viejo. General sense of "one who has seen long service in any office or position" is attested from 1590s. The adjective first recorded 1610s.
- noun person with much experience; particularly in war
- Many of them were as young as he or younger, but they were now veterans of battle and march.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- These veterans were proud, and justly so, of their reputation.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- These men and a few others were veterans like Hornigold himself.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- But before time was called a fourth goal was placed to the credit of the veterans.
- Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
- He marched in, he and his veterans, into the famine-stricken city.
- Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
- The veterans passed, and Adam drew back and was lost in the crowd.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
- They were so grievously wrong, those other veterans, and he was so absolutely right.
- Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb
- A few minutes later even these veterans felt that they had had enough.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- Rames, a mere captain, in command of two thousand of my veterans!
- Extract from : « Morning Star » by H. Rider Haggard
- They were left over from last anniversary day by some of the veterans.
- Extract from : « Sally Dows and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
Synonyms for veterans
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