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adj.1 veteran, experienced, old campaigner, skilled.2 old-timer.m.1 old timer, old chap, buffer, old duffer.2 veteran, ex-soldier, old soldier, vet.* * *► adjetivo1 veteran► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 veteran2 figurado old hand* * *(f. - veterana)noun adj.* * *veterano, -a1.ADJ (Mil) veteran2.SM/ F (Mil) veteran; (fig) old hand *, old stager ** * *I- na adjetivo veteran (before n)II- na masculino, femenino veteran* * *I- na adjetivo veteran (before n)II- na masculino, femenino veteran* * *veterano11 = old hand, oldtimer [old-timer], established player, longtimer, veteran.Nota: Nombre.Ex: This collection of essays on Garcia Marquez is aimed at readers new to his work, but there is plenty here to interest old hands.
Ex: Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.Ex: Findings concerning characteristics of recently arrived youth and of longtimers in correctional institutions are compared.Ex: One of every three homeless males in the United States is a veteran.* centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.* más veterano, el = seniormost, the.* veterano de guerra = war veteran.* viejo veterano = war horse.veterano2= seasoned, veteran, old-time, long-time [longtime].Ex: At the same time, seasoned librarians are faced with new learning requirements for computer seaching.
Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.Ex: Over a hundred years ago Samuel S Green advised librarians 'Receive readers with something of the cordiality displayed by an old-time innkeeper'.Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.* soldado veterano = veteran soldier.* * *1 ‹soldado/militar› veteran ( before n)2 (en cualquier actividad) veteran ( before n)un tenista veterano a veteran tennis playerun abogado veterano en esas lides a lawyer with a great deal of experience in these mattersmasculine, feminine1 ( Mil) veteran2 (en otras actividades) veteranCompuesto:veterano/veterana de guerramasculine, feminine war veteran* * *
veterano◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino
veteran
veterano,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino veteran
' veterano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
veterana
- antiguo
English:
hand
- old-timer
- veteran
- vet
* * *veterano, -a♦ adj1. [militar] veteran2. [en otra actividad] experienced;es más veterano que yo he's more experienced than me;una de las directoras de cine más veteranas a movie director with one of the longest track records in the business3. CSur Fam [maduro]estamos veteranos, nos cansamos pronto we're getting on a bit now, we get tired easily♦ nm,f1. [militar] veteran2. [en otra actividad] veteran;es ya un veterano en estas lides he's an old hand at these thingses una veterana muy simpática she's a very sweet old thing* * *I adj veteran; ( experimentado) experiencedII m, veterana f veteran* * *veterano, -na adj & n: veteran -
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См. также в других словарях:
old stager — noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service • Syn: ↑veteran, ↑old timer, ↑oldtimer, ↑old hand, ↑warhorse, ↑stager • Derivationally related forms: ↑veteran … Useful english dictionary
old stager — stager (def. 1). [1705 15] * * * … Universalium
old stager — noun informal a very experienced or long serving person … English new terms dictionary
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old stager — Very experienced person … A concise dictionary of English slang
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old hand — noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service • Syn: ↑veteran, ↑old timer, ↑oldtimer, ↑warhorse, ↑old stager, ↑stager • Derivationally related forms: ↑veteran … Useful english dictionary
old-timer — noun 1. an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service • Syn: ↑veteran, ↑oldtimer, ↑old hand, ↑warhorse, ↑old stager, ↑stager • Derivationally related forms: ↑veteran … Useful english dictionary
stager — noun 1. someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑stage manager • Derivationally related forms: ↑stage • Hypernyms: ↑supervisor 2 … Useful english dictionary
stager — /ˈsteɪdʒə/ (say stayjuh) noun 1. Also, old stager. a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.; an old hand. 2. Obsolete an actor …
old — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the… … Useful english dictionary