reservist

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English

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Etymology

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From reserve +‎ -ist.

Noun

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reservist (plural reservists)

  1. 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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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French réserviste. Equivalent to reserve +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌreː.zɛrˈvɪst/, /ˌreː.zərˈvɪst/
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  • Hyphenation: re‧ser‧vist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

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reservist m (plural reservisten)

  1. (military) reservist