"serviceman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serviceman.wav [UK] Forms: servicemen [plural]
Etymology: From service + -man. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|service|man}} service + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|servicemen}} serviceman (plural servicemen)
  1. A man who serves in the armed forces. Categories (topical): Occupations, People 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 (Maori), wojskowy [masculine] (Polish), militar [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), militar [masculine] (Romanian), ostaș [masculine] (Romanian), военнослу́жащий (vojennoslúžaščij) [masculine] (Russian), вое́нный (vojénnyj) [masculine] (Russian), mwanajeshi (Swahili), militär [common-gender] (Swedish), військовослужбо́вець (vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), військови́к (vijsʹkovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-serviceman-en-noun-owF387K5 Disambiguation of Occupations: 77 23 Disambiguation of People: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'man who serves in the armed forces': 95 5
  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)
    Sense id: en-serviceman-en-noun-ERqcLkFq 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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      ],
      "word": "вое́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "word": "mwanajeshi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "militär"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "військовослужбо́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vijsʹkovýk",
      "sense": "man who serves in the armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "військови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "servízen tehník",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "серви́зен техни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "huoltomies"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "karbantartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one employed in service and maintenance",
      "word": "szerelő"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serviceman"
}

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