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Veteran
person who has served in the armed forces / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A veteran (from the Latin word vetus, meaning old)[1] is a person who has a long experience in something. The term is most often used to describe people who were in the armed forces, especially those who had to fight in a war.
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