society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > soldier nearing end of service > man liable for early release (4)
(a) = sense A. 4 (also figurative); (b) Sport a player in a central position (cf. sense A. 3c).
= pivotal man n. at compounds. Now historical and rare.
a man considered to have an important part to play in the re-establishment of industry and commerce after the First World War (1914–18), and…
figurative. = pivotal man n. at pivotal, adj. n.compounds.