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cially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill. The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers. Macaulay.

To reënlist for service as a soldier. [U.S.] Gen. W. T. Sherman.

ll and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. I could have better spared a better man. Shak.

One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton. All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay.

Among Mohammedans, a warrior champion or veteran, esp. in the destruction of infidels.

Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.

A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.

A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. [Political Slang, U.S.]

To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

osition. "Pleasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." Macaulay. -- To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.