Definition of "reservist" [re•serv•ist]

• A member of a military reserve. (noun)

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• "A Navy reservist from the Philadelphia area, Lenny had a background in the computer industry and had done a previous tour at Guantánamo Bay’s Camp X‑Ray."
• "As we are about to hear from an army reservist, that is not what they should be doing."
• "Again, as I say, they could face the death penalty, that the reservist is a 26-year-old man who was, lived in Israel."