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RESERVIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a military reserve
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reservist" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reservist"):
Wave (a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch)
weekend warrior (a reservist who fulfills the military obligation on weekends)
Holonyms ("reservist" is a member of...):
military reserve; reserve (armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency)
Derivation:
reserve (armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency)
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