reservist

noun

re·​serv·​ist ri-ˈzər-vist How to pronounce reservist (audio)
: a member of a military reserve

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For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting. Brenda Breslauer, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024 Back in May, more than 40 reservists signed a letter after Israeli forces invaded the southern Gazan city of Rafah. Zeena Saifi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024 Asians in the military were represented by Jia Liu, a Chinese-American U.S. Marine Corps reservist from New York who was later arrested on charges relating to his participation that day and, in a separate case, was convicted of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to fellow reservists. Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Stovall formerly worked for the JCPS school board and was an Army reservist. Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reservist 

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reservist was in 1876

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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservist. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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reservist

noun
re·​serv·​ist ri-ˈzər-vəst How to pronounce reservist (audio)
: a member of a military reserve

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