Definition of reservist in English:
reservist
noun rɪˈzəːvɪstrəˈzərvəst
A member of the military reserve forces.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such animosity stems from a particularly low level of morale among the Guardsmen and reservists.
- She has spent 17 of her 26 years in the military, as a reservist with the 91st Division.
- So far 1,500 Territorial Army British reservists have been called up for a possible conflict.
- Many reservists and guardsmen currently serving abroad are facing the same problem.
- Military reservists and guardsmen found themselves out of their depth.
- National Guard members and reservists are now covered by the program while on active duty.
- The act allowed individual reservists and Guardsmen to volunteer for active duty.
- A critical look at how the other services support their reservists may be helpful.
- The typical reservist might be deployed for another 12 months over the next couple years.
- The reservist should share information about military assignments or specialties with an employer.
- He was 34 and like most of his company a reservist, called up for emergency military service a week ago on Friday.
- Forty of the failures were reservists with the Territorial Army.
- The deployment also gave the reservists a rare insight to working with active duty Marines.
- Volunteering for military deployments is another area in which Air Force reservists excel.
- For some of the reservists, the deployment meant delaying major events in their lives.
- Many are coping without key employees, as military reservists are called to active duty.
- I very often see soldiers and reservists where I live and I have a family member serving in the Australian Army.
- The idea was that the active army was basically a training organization for the wartime army of reservists.
- When a sponsored reservist is on active duty, the military commander assumes responsibility for work products and services.
- The majority of reservists and guardsmen hold down civilian jobs and many support families.