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veterans

noun

Meaning

  1. A person with long experience of a particular activity.
  2. A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
  3. 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 that weren't in armed conflict.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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