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• campaigner — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, good, great ▪ active, tireless ▪ experienced, seasoned, veteran ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• veteran — I adjective adept, adroit, apt, capable, deft, dexterous, disciplined, experienced, expert, facile, finished, knowing, practiced, proficient, qualified, seasoned, skilled, sophisticated, talented, trained, tried, world wise II noun dean, expert,… …   Law dictionary

• Campaigner — Cam*paign er, n. 1. One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. [1913 Webster] 2. one who is campaigning, especially a politician running for elective office, or one of his/her supporters. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• veteran — noun 1 sb who has served in the army, navy, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ combat (esp. AmE), war ▪ army, military, navy ▪ decorated (esp. AmE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• veteran — vet|e|ran [ˈvetərən] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: veteranus, from veteranus old, of long experience , from vetus old ] 1.) someone who has been a soldier, sailor etc in a war veteran of ▪ a veteran of the Second World War ▪ a Vietnam… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• veteran — Synonyms and related words: Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, blase, campaigner, centenarian, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, dotard, elder, experienced, expert, gaffer, geezer, golden ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, knowing …   Moby Thesaurus

• veteran — noun (C) 1 someone who has been a soldier, sailor etc in a war: D Day veterans | a veteran of the Second World War 2 someone who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity: a veteran traveller (+ of): a veteran of the anti apartheid… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• veteran — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. old man, elder, patriarch, graybeard, oldster (inf.), old timer (inf.), codger (inf.), gaffer (inf.); grandfather, grandmother; old campaigner, seasoned or old soldier, ex soldier; octogenarian,… …   English dictionary for students

• veteran — I. a. Old (in experience), experienced (especially in war), long exercised, long practised. II. n. 1. Old soldier, old campaigner. 2. Expert, adept, proficient, old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old hand, practised hand …   New dictionary of synonyms

• campaigner — noun a) A person who has served in a military campaign b) A military veteran …   Wiktionary

• old campaigner — index veteran Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary