# veteran
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veterānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛ.tə.ɹən/, /ˈvɛ.tɹən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (US) IPA: [ˈvɛ.t̬ə.ɹən], [ˈvɛ.ɾə.ɹən]

### Noun

veteran (plural veterans)
* A person with long experience of a particular activity.
    Synonyms: old hand, warhorse
** 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
* (figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
** 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 87:Most of the cars which we call "veterans" today were on view at the Motor Show of 1911.
** 2018 April 1, Cristian Bonetto, Lonely Planet Pocket Copenhagen‎, →ISBN, page 81:The label has often collaborated with other designers, like Australian shoemaker Teva and American woolwear veteran Pendleton.
* A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans who weren't in armed conflict.

#### Derived terms

* veteran car
* Veterans Day

#### Translations
### Adjective

veteran (not comparable)
* Having had long experience, practice, or service.
** 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter IV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
** 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
** 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:“That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.
* Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

#### Related terms

* inveterate

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Neretva, Trevena, aventre, nervate, vernate

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vetəraːn/, [vetˢəˈʁɑːˀn]

### Noun

veteran c (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)
* veteran

#### Derived terms

* krigsveteran c
* veteranbane c
* veteranbil c
* veteranfly n
* veteranlokomotiv n

### Further reading

* “veteran” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “veteran” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Esperanto
### Adjective

veteran
* accusative singular of vetera

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

### Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)
* veteran

#### Derived terms

* krigsveteran
* veteranbil

### References

* “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

### Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)
* veteran

#### Derived terms

* krigsveteran
* veteranbil

### References

* “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Piedmontese
### Noun

veteran m (plural veteran)
* veteran

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vétéran, Latin veterānus. Compare bătrân, a doublet inherited from the same source.

### Noun

veteran m (plural veterani)
* veteran (person who has served in the armed forces, or figuratively a person with a long experience of a particular activity; also used in the context of Ancient Rome, referring to a freed soldier granted citizenship and privileges for his service)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋetěraːn/
* Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ran

### Noun

vetèrān m (Cyrillic spelling ветѐра̄н)
* veteran

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veterānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛtɛˈrɑːn/

### Noun

veteran c
* a veteran (former member of armed forces)
* a veteran (person with long experience)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | veteran | veterans |
| singular | definite | veteranen | veteranens |
| plural | indefinite | veteraner | veteraners |
| plural | definite | veteranerna | veteranernas |

#### Derived terms

* veteranbil