how to pronounce veteran

/ˈvɛtɚən/

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veteran is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of veteran in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… super veteran of journaling for seven …”

meaning of veteran

A veteran is a person who has served in the armed forces of a country.

veteran frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word veteran occurs in english on average 10 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics veteran can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that veteran can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;