reservist
English
Etymology
Noun
reservist (plural reservists)
- A soldier who is assigned as reserved; after training, no longer in full active duty.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 124:
- One of the men there, a reservist he said he was, told my brother he had seen the heliograph flickering in the west.
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a soldier who is assigned as reserved; after training, no longer in full active duty
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French réserviste. Equivalent to reserve + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
reservist m (plural reservisten)
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