"war veteran" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: war veterans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} war veteran (plural war veterans)
  1. A person who has served in the armed forces during a war. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters, War Related terms: war hero Translations (person who has served in the armed forces during a war): krigsveteran [common-gender] (Danish), oud-strijder [masculine] (Dutch), sotaveteraani (Finnish), ancien combattant [masculine] (French), Kriegsveteran [masculine] (German), krigsveteran [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), krigsveteran [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), weteran (wojenny) [masculine] (Polish)

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