serviceman

noun

ˈsər-vəs-ˌman How to pronounce serviceman (audio)
Definition of servicemannext
as in soldier
a person engaged in military service wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck

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Recent Examples of serviceman Police said the man was a former Chinese military serviceman who had operated a military supply store near Camp Humphreys since 2021. — Yoonjung Seo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 The wreckage of the plane and 10 of the servicemen were never found. — Hope McKenney, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Eloise told 9 News their adventures were funded using money Michael received as a former serviceman. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 Tillman was born in Germany to a German mother and an American serviceman father who left the family shortly after. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for serviceman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviceman
  1. soldier
  2. warrior
Noun
  • This is my personal version of those videos of soldiers coming home from war, and the other women react as such.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • The army Mladic created to fight in Bosnia was a model of ruthlessness, daring and brutality in the Serb warrior tradition, once prized in the life-or-death partisan struggle against the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia in World War Two.
    — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As a warrior for kindness and a defender of hope, may Parton’s legacy never leave us.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of warrior

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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceman. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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