reservist
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈrɛzərvɪst/
:
reservista
- The reservist was called to active duty to assist with the humanitarian crisis.
- spouses of reservists
- reservist's service
- survey of reservists
He's doubling down by sending even more reservists to a terrible fate.
- He's doubling down by sending even more reservists to a terrible fate.
- And to start, there were some Navy Reserve reservists, they were retired guys that were hazing us and you know, just being total Dicks.
Examples
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Gentlemen, have you had any reaction from allies and NATO about what is happening and what may happen if the reservists numbers are not reached?
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We're all TA in the platoon, so we're all reservists.
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So basically, how can the training for a part time reservist be as good as a full time regular?
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Well my pop, dad, was an army reservist, he got called up and got killed pretty much as soon as he got there.
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About a year ago, a reservist gave his pals a heads up about what we have in stock.
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I was the only reservist from Fineman that was called up.
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Subsequent investigations indicated that there was more than one reservist involved in their deaths.
Academic text (1995) -
The search for reservist Jerry S. Rice and his daughter Celina continues.
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The survey included only reservists who had completed their initial active duty training by October 1985.
Academic text (1998) -
I'm a reservist, now.
Synonyms
112
3.7
A player who is not a regular starter but can play if needed
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7.0
A person in the military who trains and serves mostly on weekends
How Military
Surface Forms
Morphology
reservist = reserve (transparent) = reserve + ist
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to 'reserve', producing a straightforward agent/affiliation meaning.
Etymology
Reservist comes from reserve, from a Latin word meaning 'to keep back', plus the ending -ist that names a person. So a reservist is someone 'kept back' from full-time duty but ready to be called up when needed.