returned soldier

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noun

Australian and NZ a soldier who has served abroadAlso: (Austral) returned man

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Words nearby returned soldier

returnable, return bend, return-cocked, return crease, returned man, returned soldier, returnee, returner, return-flue boiler, returning officer, return on assets

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How to use returned soldier in a sentence

A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
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A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
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A soldier in the service of ideals and aspirations that formed his core.
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He contracted pneumonia, but he recovered and returned to demonstrating.
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Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.
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After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke