service member

noun

variants or less commonly servicemember

ˈsər-vəs-ˌmem-bər 

plural service members also servicemembers

: a person who is a member of the armed forces

Once Federal Judge Martin Barash administered the oath of allegiance and spoke about their new responsibilities and privileges, he singled out each service member by name (the only new citizens offered this recognition), and the crowd responded with standing ovations.

—Smithsonian

For three-quarters of a century, East Helena has proudly honored servicemembers with a monument in the heart of town. And now community leaders are looking for names of area veterans as they rebuild the monument with a new design.

—Tom Kuglin

Examples of service member in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Our leaders have done a poor job in protecting service members, because now Americans look at service members as based on who’s president at the time. —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024

Eligible service members will first need to fill out an online application and then send it to their service department. —Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024

Today a group of 26 black veterans will fly to Washington DC as part of an honor flight to commemorate black service members on Juneteenth. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024

For service members, their eligible family members and overseas citizens, vote-by-mail ballots must be in the mail by Saturday, July 6, for those who have already requested them. —Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above