serviceman

noun

ser·​vice·​man ˈsər-vəs-ˌman How to pronounce serviceman (audio)
-mən
1
: a male member of the armed forces
2
: a man employed to repair or maintain equipment
3
: a gas station attendant

Examples of serviceman in a Sentence

wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck
Recent Examples on the Web Vladyslav, a serviceman from Khmelnytskyi who checks fortifications in east Donetsk, acknowledges that online gambling causes problems. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024 Pictures released with a statement from the committee showed servicemen draped in blue and yellow national flags. Fox News, 31 May 2024 Advertisement Security guard Scott Sargent, 59, is in awe of those servicemen and women who hail from places such as Syria, China or Ukraine. Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024 Within the ranks, the departure of right-leaning officers and servicemen put off by vaccine mandates and left-wing political trainings has shifted the military’s composition left at the expense of service quality. Jacob Hornstein, National Review, 26 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for serviceman 

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Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of serviceman was in 1899

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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serviceman. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

serviceman

noun
ser·​vice·​man ˈsər-və-ˌsman How to pronounce serviceman (audio)
-smən
: a member of the armed forces

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