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someone who signed a blank check payable to a country that often forgets the amount
means A person with long experience in something, especially one who has served in the armed forces.
from From Latin veteranus, 'old, experienced,' built on vetus, 'old' — the same root that gives us 'inveterate' and is a cousin of words for years and age. In Roman usage a veteranus was specifically a soldier who had completed long service, so the military sense rode along with the word from the very beginning. It entered English through French in roughly the late 16th to early 17th century, carrying both meanings: the seasoned soldier and, more broadly, anyone grown old in a trade.
- latin root
- means old, from vetus, like a seasoned wine
- hidden wounds
- more died by suicide than combat in recent wars
- day off
- November 11 marks WWI's armistice at 11am
- unseen ranks
- millions never fired a shot, fixing planes instead
- word drift
- now tags pros at anything, from chefs to coders
veterans day — u.s. federal holiday on november 11 honoring military veterans
veterans affairs — u.s. government agency serving 9 million veterans with benefits and healthcare