noun
someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force (Freq. 1)
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two men stood sentry duty
• Syn: ↑serviceman, ↑man, ↑military personnel
• Ant: ↑civilian (for: ↑serviceman)
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑skilled worker, ↑trained worker, ↑skilled workman
• Hyponyms:
↑air force officer, ↑commander, ↑artilleryman, ↑cannoneer, ↑gunner, ↑machine gunner, ↑bluejacket, ↑navy man, ↑sailor, ↑sailor boy, ↑commando, ↑ranger, ↑draftee, ↑conscript, ↑inductee, ↑enlisted person, ↑Marine, ↑devil dog, ↑leatherneck, ↑shipboard soldier, ↑military officer, ↑officer, ↑noncombatant, ↑occupier, ↑striper, ↑veteran, ↑vet, ↑ex-serviceman, ↑veteran soldier, ↑volunteer, ↑military volunteer, ↑voluntary
• Member Holonyms: ↑military unit, ↑military force, ↑military group, ↑force
Useful english dictionary. 2012.