Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ex-serviceman is a noun meaning "a person who has served in the armed forces". It carries one recorded sense.
a person who has served in the armed forces
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ex-serviceman come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.