Definition of "retd" [retd]

• A contraction of returned. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""One cannot ignore the similarities between the Savoy attack and the resent Mumbai attack," says Colonel (retd) Jonathan Fighel of the International Policy Centre for Counter-Terror, Israel."
• "A secret US document, marked as releasable to the Government of Pakistan, has linked former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Gul to the Taliban and al-Qaeda networks."
• "Brother-in-law Nero and ex-colleague Brig Gen (retd) Saber Ahmed identified the body of the BDR deputy director general, Brig Gen Bari."