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ex-service

British  

adjective

  1. having formerly served in the armed forces

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Borrell said the EU move was also a response to the arrival of private military contractors from the Russian Wagner Group, whose members are mostly ex-service personnel.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2022

Some ex-service members suffer from debilitating depression and trauma disorders.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

Calls to a veterans' charity have doubled since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, as ex-service personnel seek mental health support.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2021

There were even ex-service members among the far greater mass of unaffiliated veterans who joined protesters in the streets of this country's cities and towns in significant numbers during that month or more of demonstrations.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2020

"Soldiers are very dissatisfied with the way in which ex-service men are now being treated," states a Sunday paper.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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