Dictionary entry
Servicewoman
Pronunciation: /ˈsəːvɪsˌwʊmən/
Pronunciation
/ˈsəːvɪsˌwʊmən/
Myanmar Meaning
ကြည်း၊ ရေ၊ လေ တပ်သား။
Definition
serviceman /'sɜ:vÇsmǝn/ n ( pl -men /-mǝn/; fem servicewoman / - wƱmǝn/ , pl - women / - wÇ mÇn/) ၾကည္း၊ ေရ၊ ေလ တပ္သား။
Examples
- ‘When Goody arrives
- his gruff
- dictatorial but tongue-in-cheek interplay with the young servicemen must be seen to be appreciated.’
- ‘The Australian Government is currently constructing a war memorial in London to commemorate those Australians who fought and died alongside British servicemen in the two world wars.’
- ‘Jukebox operators reported that often such tunes got little play - even less from servicemen seeking respite from camp life.’
- ‘Four decades later
- it is revealing to compare her grief over suddenly losing her serviceman husband with Iris suddenly losing her mother.’
- ‘He is a US serviceman on leave in London.’
- ‘The contributions of African American servicemen during the Second World War have long gone unheralded by history.’
- ‘I did not see any reference to the oath of allegiance which servicemen and women take.’
- ‘In the darkest days of the siege of Malta (1941-3)
- to stir the hearts of the war-weary
- groups of servicemen used to set up amateur radio performances of Henry V.’
- ‘With the United States entering the war in 1941
- American servicemen began to be posted to England.’
- ‘The range of poets and of verses chosen is extremely wide and includes poetry written by servicemen
- by survivors of the concentration camps
- and by civilians who survived the war in London
- Warsaw and Moscow.’
- ‘He also discusses his experience with the attitudes of fellow servicemen in WWII
- and all his arguments taken together are convincing.’
- ‘Eighty-five-year-old pensioner Lex Morris took exception to his treatment by an electricity line maintenance serviceman
- but is galled to find there is no way to stop him entering his Glanmire Road property.’
- ‘One of the ramp workers worked as a line serviceman for Signature Flight Support.’
- ‘At the information stall
- it was raised that the machine servicemen were still working.’
- ‘His servicemen are all carefully trained by DeLaval engineers and accredited to a very high standard.’