veteran soldier

1. 1.

   a serviceman who has seen considerable active service

   “the veterans laughed at the new recruits”

   Synonymsveteran

   Broaderserviceman

Questions about veteran soldier

What does veteran soldier mean?

veteran soldier means "a serviceman who has seen considerable active service".

What is another word for veteran soldier?

Close synonyms include veteran. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is veteran soldier a common word?

veteran soldier is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.