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
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wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck
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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.
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Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Tracing Josiah’s trajectory from lumberjack to shipyard riveter to ambitious serviceman, Wang offers a protagonist of unflappable morality and decency.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Jeannette opted to work in her later years at the A&P supermarket in North Judson and eventually retired from the A&P
In 1945, Jeannette married serviceman Frank H. Ono, and soon her son Terry and daughter Genelle were born.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
What To Know The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 U.S. servicemen, with nearly half perishing aboard the USS Arizona.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Tracing Josiah’s trajectory from lumberjack to shipyard riveter to ambitious serviceman, Wang offers a protagonist of unflappable morality and decency.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Jeannette opted to work in her later years at the A&P supermarket in North Judson and eventually retired from the A&P
In 1945, Jeannette married serviceman Frank H. Ono, and soon her son Terry and daughter Genelle were born.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
What To Know The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 U.S. servicemen, with nearly half perishing aboard the USS Arizona.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for serviceman
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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serviceman. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man
ˈsər-və-ˌsman
-smən
: a member of the armed forces
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