demobee
Definition
- Noun:
- Discharged soldier (informal): "Demobee" is an informal term referring to a soldier who has been demobilized (released from military service), especially after a war or period of active duty.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The town welcomed the returning demobees with a parade. (The community celebrated the soldiers who had been discharged from the army.)
- He was a demobee from the Second World War, adjusting to civilian life. (He was a former soldier who had been released from military service after the war.)
Advanced Usage
- "demobee status": the condition or period of being a recently discharged soldier.
- The government provided housing benefits for those with demobee status. (Financial and social support was given to former soldiers after their release.)
Variants and Related Words
Demob (n/v, informal): short for demobilization or to demobilize.
- The demob of troops took place over several months. (The process of releasing soldiers from service.)
- The army began to demob the last battalion. (The army started to discharge the final group of soldiers.)
Demobilization (n): the formal process of releasing troops from military service.
- Demobilization of the armed forces was completed in 1946. (The official discharge of soldiers was finished that year.)
Synonyms
- Veteran: a person who has served in the military, especially during a war (though "veteran" can include those still serving or retired, while "demobee" specifically refers to a recently discharged soldier).
- Ex-serviceman/ex-servicewoman: a former member of the armed forces.
Related Idioms
- "A demobee's life": the experience of transitioning from military to civilian life.
- He found a demobee's life challenging without the structure of the army. (The transition from soldier to civilian was difficult.)
Phrasal Verbs
- Demob out: to be released from military service.
- He demobbed out in 1945 and returned to his family farm. (He was discharged from the army and went back to his previous occupation.)