Definition of "ex-serviceman" [ex-serviceman]

• A man who used to be in the armed forces (noun)

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• "Anyone who thinks the "greed is good" culture started in the 1980s should look up David Edgar's play Destiny (1976), in which an ex-serviceman is appalled when developers tear down his beloved antique shop."
• "It is on days like this, that I am proud to be an ex-serviceman, proud to do my bit as a special and proud to be British."
• "The ex-serviceman was indicted on fraud counts over claims he fought and was wounded."