serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man
ˈsər-vəs-ˌman 
-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
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American servicemen landed on English soil and brought baseball to Old Trafford.
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Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
With the deus ex machina aid of a friendly American serviceman (a sympathetic Yonv Joseph), Delia sabotages the relationship and thinks of a better way her money could benefit Marcella.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Veteran opposition movements between 2022 and 2023 saw patrons try to weaponize Russian servicemen and veterans to advance personal political objectives, such as former officer Igor Girkin, who played a key role in the annexation of Crimea, and Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Image Their redeployment was agreed to in a deal signed 12 years ago, the result of negotiations and renegotiations going back to 1995, when three U.S. servicemen raped an Okinawan schoolgirl.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
With the deus ex machina aid of a friendly American serviceman (a sympathetic Yonv Joseph), Delia sabotages the relationship and thinks of a better way her money could benefit Marcella.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Veteran opposition movements between 2022 and 2023 saw patrons try to weaponize Russian servicemen and veterans to advance personal political objectives, such as former officer Igor Girkin, who played a key role in the annexation of Crimea, and Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Image Their redeployment was agreed to in a deal signed 12 years ago, the result of negotiations and renegotiations going back to 1995, when three U.S. servicemen raped an Okinawan schoolgirl.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serviceman. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man
ˈsər-və-ˌsman
-smən
: a member of the armed forces
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