veteran
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Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veterānus.
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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.
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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[2]:
- 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.
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Borrowed from Latin veterānus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).
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veteran c (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | veteran | veteranen | veteraner | veteranerne |
genitive | veterans | veteranens | veteraners | veteranernes |
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veteran
- accusative singular of vetera
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin veterānus.
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veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)
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- “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin veterānus.
Noun edit
veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)
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- “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Piedmontese edit
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veteran m (plural veteran)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vétéran, Latin veterānus. Compare bătrân, a doublet inherited from the same source.
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veteran m (plural veterani)
- veteran (person who has served in the armed forces, or figuratively a person with a long experience of a particular activity; also used in the context of Ancient Rome, referring to a freed soldier granted citizenship and privileges for his service)
Serbo-Croatian edit
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Borrowed from Latin veterānus.
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vetèrān m (Cyrillic spelling ветѐра̄н)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | vetèrān | veterani |
genitive | veterána | veterana |
dative | veteranu | veteranima |
accusative | veterana | veterane |
vocative | veterane | veterani |
locative | veteranu | veteranima |
instrumental | veteranom | veteranima |
Swedish edit
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Borrowed from Latin veterānus.
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veteran c
- a veteran (former member of armed forces)
- a veteran (person with long experience)
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Nominative | veteran | veteranen | veteraner | veteranerna |
Genitive | veterans | veteranens | veteraners | veteranernas |