veteran

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veterānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tə.ɹən/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ.t̬ə.ɹən], [ˈvɛ.ɾə.ɹən]

Noun

veteran (plural veterans)

1. 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.

2. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.

Adjective

veteran (not comparable)

1. Having had long experience, practice, or service.
   • Macaulay

     The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     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.

2. Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Anagrams

• Neretva, Trevena, aventre, nervate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vetəraːn/, [vetˢəˈʁɑːˀn]

Noun

veteran c (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)

1. veteran

Adjective

veteran

1. accusative singular of vetera

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)

1. a veteran

References

• “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)

1. a veteran

References

• “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from French vétéran, Latin veterānus. Compare bătrân, a doublet inherited from the same source.

Noun

veteran m (plural veterani)

1. 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)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋetěraːn/
• Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ran

Noun

vetèrān m (Cyrillic spelling ветѐра̄н)

1. veteran

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

Noun

veteran c

1. a veteran (former member of armed forces)
2. a veteran (person with long experience)