Meaning & use
servicemembers
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people serving in a country's armed forces.
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The parade honored servicemembers who had recently returned from deployment.
New benefits were introduced to support servicemembers and their families.
A note on using this word
Increasingly written as one word in official U.S. military and government usage, replacing the older two-word 'service members'.
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troopsmilitary personnel
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Words with an opposite meaning
civilians
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