returned soldier


noun
  1. Australian and NZ a soldier who has served abroad: Also: (Austral) returned man

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How to use returned soldier in a sentence

  • Every returned soldier was mobbed by his friends, but the frenzied "There he is!"

  • Of course, every one would see that I was a returned soldier, but there was nothing to show that I was just returned.

  • First, the employer is asked, whenever possible, to give the returned soldier his old job.

  • How many of these men and women of the ball-room visit the poor, or help dress the wounds of a returned soldier in the hospital?

    The Abominations of Modern Society | Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
  • Mr. Wade has offered his reward after the futile efforts of the police in many large cities to locate the returned soldier.

    Roy Blakely, Pathfinder | Percy Keese Fitzhugh