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

Synonyms

• soldier
• warrior

Examples of serviceman in a Sentence

wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck

Recent Examples on the Web

For the Pentagon, the bill would provide billions for shipbuilding, munitions systems, and quality-of-life measures for servicemen and women, as well as $25 billion for the development of the Golden Dome missile defense system. —Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025

Pray for the American servicemen and women who are in harms way. —Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 June 2025

In April 1975, during the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, there were some 3,000 babies in the country that had been fathered by U.S. servicemen. —Jim Axelrod june 9, CBS News, 9 June 2025

Thousands of books and films have been made over the past 80 years celebrating the bravery of American servicemen during World War II. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

service entry 1 + man entry 1

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for serviceman

• assemblyman
• carbofuran
• catamaran
• chipewyan
• illinoian
• newspaperman
• nurseryman
• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin

Kids Definition

serviceman

noun

ser·​vice·​man ˈsər-və-ˌsman 

-smən

: a member of the armed forces