"ex-service" meaning in English

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        "Relating to veterans or those who used to be in the armed forces."
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          "word": "ex-serviceman"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "apóstratos",
          "sense": "used to be in the armed forces",
          "word": "απόστρατος"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "used to be in the armed forces",
          "word": "giải ngũ"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "used to be in the armed forces",
          "word": "phục viên"
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  "word": "ex-service"
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      "word": "απόστρατος"
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      "sense": "used to be in the armed forces",
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