† reserveryn.
Obsolete.
The occupation of serving as a reservist.Apparently an isolated use.
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volunteerism1844
palikarism1854
territorialism1872
reservery1878
pivotalism1919
squadrism1926
society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > type or manner of service > in reserve
general reserve1656
reservery1878
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 177 ‘Reservery’, said he, ‘seems a pretty mean way to spend one's autumn holiday’.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 181 Reservery and general militarismus (as the Germans call it) was rampant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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