serviceman
Americannoun
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servicemen
plural
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a member of the armed forces of a country.
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a person whose occupation is to maintain or repair equipment.
a television serviceman.
noun
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Also called (feminine): servicewoman. a person who serves in the armed services of a country
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a man employed to service and maintain equipment
Gender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of serviceman
Example Sentences
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Three Turkish nationals, including a serviceman, and three Qatari military personnel were killed when a helicopter crashed in Qatar's territorial waters, the Gulf country's defence ministry said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
The serviceman said the innovation could have posed a grave threat to Ukrainian forces if the Russians had multiplied their use, endangering logistics, air defense and artillery, among other critical equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Ray is the son of an Asian woman and a serviceman who fought in Vietnam.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
In the fourth episode, viewers see that a shaken Sullivan is being investigated for his relationship with another serviceman who is suspected of being gay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
I approach the lone black serviceman at the far end of the bar.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
Families of servicemen and women lined the quayside in San Diego, California, to welcome home loved ones they have not seen for almost a year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Such a book was found by Ray Trautman in 1944, on the floor of a hospital in Belgium where wounded servicemen were being treated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
People in nearby villages said U.S. servicemen hadn’t been seen for the past week, leading the locals to presume the men were being kept on base for security reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Nigerien forces had repelled the attack "with the assistance of servicemen of the African Corps of the Russian Ministry of Defence", the foreign ministry in Moscow said on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
All foreign lands are inaccessible except to servicemen; they are vague, distant, and sealed off as though behind a curtain of plastic.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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