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What is another word for a veteran?

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Adjective

Displaying outstanding skill, knowledge, or experience in a given field

From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era

Of, or concerned with, the actual doing or use of something, rather than with theory and ideas

A person who has had long experience in a particular field

A person who has served in the armed forces who has seen long service

An experienced sailor

A person who serves in an army

Veteran

An elderly person, especially one with a long-standing presence or experience

A significantly old or elderly person

Someone who has been involved in a particular place or activity for an extended period

After training, no longer in full active duty

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Adjective

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Displaying outstanding skill, knowledge, or experience in a given field

skilful^UK

practised^UK

skillful^US

practiced^US

dexterous^US

dextrous^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

extraordinarily skilled

on the beam

very skilled

highly skilled

exceptionally skilled

licensed^US

impeccably credentialed

authorized^US

licenced^UK

authorised^UK

having the right stuff

realizable^US

realisable^UK

organized^US

unrivaled^US

unrivalled^UK

organised^UK

treating with kid gloves

clever with one's hands

good with one's hands

specialized^US

specialised^UK

know backwards and forwards

old beyond one's years

got it

advanced for one's age

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

thinking outside the box

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“Even as the song was being sung, the veteran music director sat as if in a transport, reliving the creation of this song.”

Adjective

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From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era

mouldy^UK

moldy^US

medieval^US

mediaeval^UK

primeval^US

primaeval^UK

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

consigned to oblivion

elderly

antwacky

past your sell-by date

past its sell-by date

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Adjective

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Of, or concerned with, the actual doing or use of something, rather than with theory and ideas

Noun

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A person who has had long experience in a particular field

counsellor^UK

counselor^US

something to write home about

something to shout about

one of the cognoscenti

person experienced in something

very important person

aesthete^UK

esthete^US

self-appointed expert

arbiter of taste

member of a think tank

person to be reckoned with

captain of industry

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“With more than 50 years of stage experience, Rudi Biber can truly call himself a veteran of blues music.”

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A person who has served in the armed forces who has seen long service

“My father was a veteran who served in the Canadian Forces in the 1980s.”

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An experienced sailor

“The Ship's Captain In command of the Titanic was Captain E.J. Smith, a veteran of the seas, and admiral of the White Star Line fleet.”

Noun

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A person who serves in an army

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Veteran

oldcomer

Noun

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An elderly person, especially one with a long-standing presence or experience

Noun

A significantly old or elderly person

Noun

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Someone who has been involved in a particular place or activity for an extended period

fixture

institution

familiar figure

part of the furniture

Noun

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After training, no longer in full active duty

reservist

discharged soldier

ex-military personnel

retired military personnel

retired serviceman

reserve member

part-time soldier

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