veteran
English
/ˈvɛ.tə.ɹən/, [ˈvɛ.t̬ə.ɹən]
noun
Definitions
- A person with long experience of a particular activity.
- (figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
- A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans that weren't in armed conflict.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French vétéran derived from Latin veterānus (veteran, old).
Origin
Latin
veterānus
Gloss
veteran, old
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
古, 老
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonveteran English
- veteranize English
- veteraani Finnish
- veterānus Latin
- vetrānus Latin
- vetus Latin
- Veteran German
- veterano Italian
- veteraan Dutch, Flemish
- vétéran French
- veterano Spanish, Castilian
- *wet- Proto-Indo-European
- veteran Norwegian Bokmål
- veterano Portuguese
- veteran Swedish
- ベテラン Japanese
- veteran Norwegian Nynorsk
- veteran Danish
- veteran Serbo-Croatian
- vedraño Galician
- veterano Galician
- beterana Cebuano
- beterano Cebuano
- vétéran Middle French
- 베테랑 Korean
- vedran Friulian
- vetrun Dalmatian