"serviceman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serviceman.wav [Southern-England] Forms: servicemen [plural]
Etymology: From service + -man. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|service|-man|text=+|tree=1}} From service + -man. Head templates: {{en-noun|servicemen}} serviceman (plural servicemen)
  1. A man who serves in the armed forces. Translations (man who serves in the armed forces): զինծառայող (zincaṙayoġ) (Armenian), hərbi qulluqçu (Azerbaijani), вайсковаслужбо́вец (vajskovaslužbóvjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), вае́нны (vajénny) [masculine] (Belarusian), вайско́вец (vajskóvjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), вайско́вы (vajskóvy) [masculine] (Belarusian), военнослу́жещ (voennoslúžešt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 軍人 /军人 (jūnrén) (Chinese Mandarin), sotilas (english: anyone) (Finnish), varusmies (Finnish), asevelvollinen (english: conscript) (Finnish), militaire [masculine] (French), Militärangehöriger [masculine] (German), katona (Hungarian), a fegyveres erők tagja (Hungarian), 軍人 (gunjin) (alt: ぐんじん) (Japanese), 군인 (gunin) (alt: 軍人) (Korean), pāraeroa (Māori), wojskowy [masculine] (Polish), militar [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), militar [masculine] (Romanian), ostaș [masculine] (Romanian), военнослу́жащий (vojennoslúžaščij) [masculine] (Russian), вое́нный (vojénnyj) [masculine] (Russian), militar (Spanish), soldado [masculine] (Spanish), mwanajeshi (Swahili), militär [common-gender] (Swedish), військовослужбо́вець (vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), військови́к (vijsʹkovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-serviceman-en-noun-owF387K5 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'man who serves in the armed forces': 94 6
  2. A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment. Translations (one employed in service and maintenance): серви́зен техни́к (servízen tehník) [masculine] (Bulgarian), huoltomies (Finnish), karbantartó (Hungarian), szerelő (Hungarian), 서비스맨 (seobiseumaen) (Korean), serwisant [masculine] (Polish), serwisantka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-serviceman-en-noun-ERqcLkFq Categories (other): English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'one employed in service and maintenance': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ex-serviceman, national serviceman Related terms: servicewoman, soldier

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "lang_code": "ko",
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      "word": "서비스맨"
    }
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        "plural"
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    }
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      "word": "soldier"
    }
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        "A man who serves in the armed forces."
      ],
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          "armed forces",
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        "A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment."
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      "code": "hy",
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      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "zincaṙayoġ",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "զինծառայող"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "hərbi qulluqçu"
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      "code": "be",
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      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "vajskovaslužbóvjec",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вайсковаслужбо́вец"
    },
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      "roman": "vajénny",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "vajskóvjec",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вайско́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "vajskóvy",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вайско́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "voennoslúžešt",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "военнослу́жещ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "jūnrén",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "軍人 /军人"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "anyone",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "translation": "anyone",
      "word": "sotilas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "varusmies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "translation": "conscript",
      "word": "asevelvollinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "militaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Militärangehöriger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "katona"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "a fegyveres erők tagja"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぐんじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "gunjin",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "軍人"
    },
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      "alt": "軍人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gunin",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "군인"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "pāraeroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wojskowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "militar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "militar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vojennoslúžaščij",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "военнослу́жащий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vojénnyj",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вое́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "militar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soldado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "mwanajeshi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "militär"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "військовослужбо́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "vijsʹkovýk",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "військови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "servízen tehník",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серви́зен техни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "huoltomies"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "karbantartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "szerelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "seobiseumaen",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "서비스맨"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serwisant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "serwisantka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serviceman"
}

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