noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a war veteran (= someone who took part in a war )
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There was a service for war veterans in the Garden of Remembrance.
veteran car
Veterans Day
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■ ADJECTIVE
old
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But it was the 38 year old veteran , Jimmy Connors, who made the blood come to the boil.
political
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Warren Rudman, a much-respected political veteran , said just before the primary that Buchanan is unelectable.
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Just as in any campaign effort, Mrs Clinton has support from a circle of advisers and confidantes who are political veterans .
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army
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Some seasoned army veterans had volunteered to be flight candidates.
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An Army veteran , Stefanoff prides himself on his lack of law enforcement experience and on his record of civil disobedience.
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Before Schwalier takes the fall, some Army veterans argue, Peay should do the honorable thing and resign.
combat
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Ultimately, this work covers issues that combat veterans of any modern war would quickly recognize.
industry
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Many book industry veterans maintain that any publicity is good publicity.
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Katter, who previously worked for Grubb &038; Ellis and Cushman &038; Wakefield, is a 10-year industry veteran .
war
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Reporters have been beaten by war veterans who support Mr Mugabe.
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Three hundred of Mugabe's war veterans invaded the Supreme Court and forced the five judges to flee.
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Three hundred war veterans live in these hotels.
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Maria knew only too well that the ill-health cursing the Gulf War veterans threatened their wives and children too.
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While attached to Camp Pendleton, however, the Gulf War veteran got swept up in an off-base drug scene.
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After the service she spent ten minutes talking to war veterans .
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She said a comparative study of about 15, 000 randomly selected Gulf War veterans is planned for the near future.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Veteran diplomat Richard Murphy is heading the commission.
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a 12-year classroom veteran
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Chiles, a three-term veteran of the U.S. Senate, won the governorship of Florida.
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Gulf War veterans
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Millett is a veteran campaigner for women's rights.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among the protesters will be Laura Magnani, another veteran in the campaign against capital punishment.
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The case of these two veterans may be just the beginning.