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VETERAN , old, tried, experienced, particularly used of a soldier who has seen much service. The Latin veteranus (vetus, old), as applied to a soldier, had, beside its See also:

general application in opposition to tiro, recruit, a specific technical meaning in the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

army. Under the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic the full See also:

TERM

term of service with the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion was twenty years; those who served this See also:

period and gained their See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge (missio) were termed emeriti, If they See also:

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose to remain in service with the legion, they were then called veterani. Sometimes a See also:

SPECIAL

special invitation was issued to the emeriti to rejoin; they were then styled evocati. The See also:

BASE

base of See also:

Lat. vetus meant a See also:

YEAR

year, as seen in the Gr. ETOS (for Fsros) and See also:

SANSKRIT

Sanskrit vatsa; from the same base comes vitulus, a See also:

calf, properly a yearling, vitellus, a See also:

young calf, whence O. Fr. veel, See also:

MODERN

modern, veau, See also:

ENGLISH

English " veal," the flesh of the calf. The See also:

Teutonic cognate of vitulus is probably seen in Goth. withrus, iamb, English " wether," a castrated See also:

ram.

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