serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man ˈsər-vəs-ˌman 
-mən
1
: a male member of the armed forces
2
: a man employed to repair or maintain equipment
3
: a gas station attendant
Synonyms
- dogface
- fighter
- legionary
- legionnaire
- man-at-arms
- regular
- soldier
- trooper
- warrior
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck
Recent Examples on the Web The group sent investigators to the woods north of the capital, Kyiv, where the bodies of Maks Levin and serviceman Oleksiy Chernyshov were found April 1. 
John Leicester, ajc, 22 June 2022 The group sent investigators to the woods north of the capital, Kyiv, where the bodies of Maks Levin and serviceman Oleksiy Chernyshov were found April 1. John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2022 Mira is attracted to the hunky commander Avraham (Yadin Gellen), while loutish serviceman Jamous (Elad Levi) pursues hot-tempered redhead Naomi (Neta Roth). Alissa Simon, Variety, 15 July 2022 In 1949 Anchorage, a serviceman paid $30 (about $370 today) a month for his family of three to live in a converted beer van. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022 Wills was born in Korea, the son of a Korean mom and American serviceman father. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022 William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Travis Bean, Forbes, 10 June 2022 Explain that your son is a serviceman away for a period of time and that the dog has been well behaved in the past. Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 14 May 2022 My mom met my dad, an American serviceman stationed in Germany. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 May 2022 See More
John Leicester, ajc, 22 June 2022 The group sent investigators to the woods north of the capital, Kyiv, where the bodies of Maks Levin and serviceman Oleksiy Chernyshov were found April 1. John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2022 Mira is attracted to the hunky commander Avraham (Yadin Gellen), while loutish serviceman Jamous (Elad Levi) pursues hot-tempered redhead Naomi (Neta Roth). Alissa Simon, Variety, 15 July 2022 In 1949 Anchorage, a serviceman paid $30 (about $370 today) a month for his family of three to live in a converted beer van. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022 Wills was born in Korea, the son of a Korean mom and American serviceman father. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022 William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Travis Bean, Forbes, 10 June 2022 Explain that your son is a serviceman away for a period of time and that the dog has been well behaved in the past. Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 14 May 2022 My mom met my dad, an American serviceman stationed in Germany. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
service entry 1 + man entry 1
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
serviceman
noun
ser·vice·man ˈsər-vəs-ˌman
plural servicemen
-ˌmen
: a man who is a member of the armed forces
serviceman
noun
as in soldier
a person engaged in military service wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- soldier
- warrior
- fighter
- marine
- veteran
- trooper
- raider
- ranger
- legionnaire
- servicewoman
- dogface
- legionary
- regular
- dragoon
- recruit
- infantryman
- knight
- conscript
- man-at-arms
- partisan
- rifleman
- combatant
- cavalryman
- doughboy
- artilleryman
- musketeer
- reservist
- guardsman
- jarhead
- cavalier
- commando
- militiaman
- Confederate
- cuirassier
- gunner
- cannoneer
- noncombatant
- draftee
- paramilitary
- archer
- foot soldier
- guerrilla
- minuteman
- footman
- grunt
- mortarman
- spearman
- champion
- lancer
- irregular
- carabinier
- enrollee
- pikeman
- counterguerrilla
- crossbowman
- carabineer
- gendarme
- partizan
- digger
- warhorse
- counterguerilla
- guerilla
- GI
- Continental
- lifer
- gallowglass
- Federal
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- civilian