Veteran

Veteran

A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..." .

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Famous quotes containing the word veteran:

    “Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage,
    Till pitying Nature signs the last release,
    And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “A veteran journalist ... has never had time to think twice before he writes.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)