demob
Americanverb
noun
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short for demobilization See demobilization
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( as modifier )
a demob suit
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a soldier who has been demobilized
Etymology
Origin of demob
First recorded in 1915–20; originally short for demobilize
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On demob in 1953, he established another bolthole atelier, with more clients.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2016
The 21-year-old left the Royal Flying Corps at the end of World War I and used his demob money to buy surplus food from the Army and sell it from a barrow in Hackney.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2013
He spoke in a 1997 TV documentary about emerging from the Royal Navy after World War II in his demob suit and with £80.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2010
After serving the final two years of the second world war in the Royal Navy as a morse code operator, he started out as a journalist on demob in 1946 with the Greyhound Owner.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2010
We were going in the right direction and demob was in sight.
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by John Cox
In a very modern invocation of the swords-to-plowshares principle, he has evidently told Ukrainian officials that its demobbed soldiers could soon be earning Silicon Valley-level salaries operating American data centers in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
When he was demobbed in 1946, he said he got the only job he could: "office boy" at the Inland Revenue office in Luton, where his wife worked at the Vauxhall car factory.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
John Stacey, 83, and John Halloran, 81, both from Cardiff, lost touch in 1959 after being demobbed from the army.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2019
According to UN guidelines, demobbed girls should be offered vocational training “in all types of occupations, including those traditionally limited to men and boys”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019
A footman 'e was before the War, but since 'e's been demobbed 'e's been out of a job.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 by Sir Owen Seaman
Through the foggy mists of Liverpool rose a forest of cranes, "demobbing" big liners from war to peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
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