demobbedadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)diːˈmɒbd/,

/dᵻˈmɒbd/, U.S.

/diˈmɑbd/,

/dəˈmɑbd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: demob v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < demob v. + -ed suffix¹.

colloquial (originally and chiefly British).

A. adj.

Released from military service, esp. at the end of a war; demobilized.

ΚΠ

1919 Sketch 29 Jan. 154/2 A luncheon-table where ‘demobbed’ V.A.D.s are imbibing sustenance.

1919 Times 16 May 3/6 (advt.) A demobbed soldier (40), single, seeks situation on farm; hard working, and willing.

1949 R. Chandler Let. 24 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1981) 145 At one [table] sat..a demobbed tank officer with his mother.

2001 Sight & Sound Sept. 6/3 Career-guidance films from the Ministry of Information for demobbed service personnel after World War II.

B. n.

With the. People who have been released from military service, esp. at the end of a war, as a class; = demobilized n.

ΚΠ

1919 London Opinion 1 Mar. 20 (title of cartoon) Delights of the ‘demobbed’.

1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona v. 56 The impecunious demobbed.

1946 W. G. Coughlan They're coming Back (sub-title) The church and the demobbed.

2005 S. Chibnall Brighton Rock i. 5 As the demobbed shivered in their prefabs through the freeze of '47..Atlee's trumpeting of the spiritual virtues of self-denial must have sounded cracked.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demobbed
释义	demobbedadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)diːˈmɒbd/, /dᵻˈmɒbd/, U.S. /diˈmɑbd/, /dəˈmɑbd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: demob v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < demob v. + -ed suffix¹. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). A. adj. Released from military service, esp. at the end of a war; demobilized. ΚΠ 1919 Sketch 29 Jan. 154/2 A luncheon-table where ‘demobbed’ V.A.D.s are imbibing sustenance. 1919 Times 16 May 3/6 (advt.) A demobbed soldier (40), single, seeks situation on farm; hard working, and willing. 1949 R. Chandler Let. 24 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1981) 145 At one [table] sat..a demobbed tank officer with his mother. 2001 Sight & Sound Sept. 6/3 Career-guidance films from the Ministry of Information for demobbed service personnel after World War II. B. n. With the. People who have been released from military service, esp. at the end of a war, as a class; = demobilized n. ΚΠ 1919 London Opinion 1 Mar. 20 (title of cartoon) Delights of the ‘demobbed’. 1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona v. 56 The impecunious demobbed. 1946 W. G. Coughlan They're coming Back (sub-title) The church and the demobbed. 2005 S. Chibnall Brighton Rock i. 5 As the demobbed shivered in their prefabs through the freeze of '47..Atlee's trumpeting of the spiritual virtues of self-denial must have sounded cracked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1919
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