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serviceman

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who serves in the armed forces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • two men stood sentry duty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: military man, man, military personnel

Antonyms: civilian

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: air force officer, commander, artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner, bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy, commando, ranger, draftee, conscript, inductee, enlisted person, Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier, military officer, officer, noncombatant, occupier, striper, veteran, vet, ex-serviceman, veteran soldier, volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary

History

Etymology

From service + -man.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: զինծառայող (zincaṙayoġ) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Azerbaijani: hərbi qulluqçu — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Belarusian: вайсковаслужбо́вец (vajskovaslužbóvjec) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Belarusian: вае́нны (vajénny) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Belarusian: вайско́вец (vajskóvjec) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Belarusian: вайско́вы (vajskóvy) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Bulgarian: военнослу́жещ (voennoslúžešt) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍人 /军人 (jūnrén) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Finnish: sotilas — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Finnish: varusmies — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Finnish: asevelvollinen — man who serves in the armed forces
  • French: militaire — man who serves in the armed forces
  • German: Militärangehöriger — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Hungarian: katona — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Hungarian: a fegyveres erők tagja — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Japanese: 軍人 (gunjin) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Korean: 군인 (gunin) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Māori: pāraeroa — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Polish: wojskowy — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Portuguese: militar — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Romanian: militar — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Romanian: ostaș — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Russian: военнослу́жащий (vojennoslúžaščij) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Russian: вое́нный (vojénnyj) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Spanish: militar — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Spanish: soldado — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Swahili: mwanajeshi — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Swedish: militär — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Ukrainian: військовослужбо́вець (vijsʹkovoslužbóvecʹ) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Ukrainian: військови́к (vijsʹkovýk) — man who serves in the armed forces
  • Bulgarian: серви́зен техни́к (servízen tehník) — one employed in service and maintenance
  • Finnish: huoltomies — one employed in service and maintenance
  • Hungarian: karbantartó — one employed in service and maintenance
  • Hungarian: szerelő — one employed in service and maintenance
  • Korean: 서비스맨 (seobiseumaen) — one employed in service and maintenance
  • Polish: serwisant — one employed in service and maintenance
  • Polish: serwisantka — one employed in service and maintenance