Meaning of Veteran | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person with long experience of a particular activity.
2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
3. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
4. A town in New York.
5. A census-designated place in Wyoming.
6. A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
   figuratively

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Examples

“The company's new hires were nervous, but the veterans were self-assured because, as one summarized it, "this isn't our first rodeo."”

“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.”

“We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount.”

“For 55-year-old U.S. Army veteran Sae Joon Park, this was the hardest moment of his life. […] Park's story reflects both the challenges of life after combat and the perils that noncitizen veterans face if caught in the legal system — realities made harsher amid the Trump administration's push for record deportations.”

“Their mules were clearly veterans. They seemed to know what to do even better than the teenage farmhand who was driving the team.”

“Most of the cars which we call "veterans" today were on view at the Motor Show of 1911.”

“The label has often collaborated with other designers, like Australian shoemaker Teva and American woolwear veteran Pendleton.”

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