digger

noun

Definition of diggernext
chiefly Australian & New Zealand
as in gendarme

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  1. gendarme
  2. knight
  3. champion
  4. veteran
  5. reservist
  6. recruit
Noun
  • Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The mud-slinging scene occurred as thousands more Spanish soldiers, national police officers, and Civil Guard gendarmes arrived, or are set to arrive, at the disaster sites.
    Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of gendarme
Noun
  • The four-story home with turrets was meticulously renovated in 1980 to preserve original elements and spaces such as the knights’ and banquet rooms that reflect its journey through time.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Her outfits at the MTV Video Music Awards appeared twice on the list: Her performance outfit — a silver knight look — made it to sixth place, while her red carpet outfit weighed in at Number Four.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of knight
Noun
  • The comeback album featured Jon Bon Jovi, Fantasia, Sting, Sheila E., Mariah Carey, and one of Moore’s biggest musical champions, Bruce Springsteen.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The Packers defeated Dallas in the wild card round in 2023, before falling to eventual NFC champion San Francisco in the divisional playoffs.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of champion
Noun
  • Zheng, the fifth seed in Melbourne, was beaten 7-6 (3), 6-3 by the 36-year-old German veteran, who has now reached the third round Down Under for just the third time in her career.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The company also gave itself a five-year target of increasing the number of underrepresented employees, including women, and in the U.S., those who identify as Black, Hispanic and Native American, as well as veterans or those with disabilities.
    Emily Peck, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of veteran
Noun
  • For months, journalists and nongovernmental organizations had reported systematic abuses at the base, and on July 29, Israel’s military police detained ten Israeli reservists on suspicion of raping one of the prisoners.
    Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The mobilization meant citizens with military experience were subject to conscription and that military reservists could be called up.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of reservist
Noun
  • Precise figures are difficult to verify, but it’s estimated that the Israeli Army has more than four thousand soldiers of French nationality, the second-largest contingent of foreign recruits.
    Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The Hurricanes signed three-star recruit Judd Anderson in its 2024 class and signed four-star Luke Nickel in December.
    Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of recruit
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