单词 | reservist |
释义 | reservistn. A member of the (esp. military) reserve forces. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > auxiliary or reserve volunteer1642 redif1836 home guard1850 reservist1854 reserve1897 Saturday night soldier1911 weekend soldier1970 1854 Morning Chron. 22 May 6/2 Men belonging to their respective districts, who are liable to serve either as recruits, reservists, or landwehr. 1876 World 5 14 The ‘Reservists’ of our army put in a most creditable appearance when called out at the late manœuvres. 1914 D. Haig Let. 21 Sept. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 72 How wrong it was to have rushed the Army north to Mons by forced marches before our reservists had got their legs. 1976 W. Katiyo Son of Soil ii. 100 Black police reservists, armed with thick truncheons, rushed out of the land-rovers and began pounding anyone they could reach. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 May 38/1 Though they are among the Israeli Army's best and brightest, these..are not career soldiers; they are reservists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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