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noun
A person with long experience of a particular activity.
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One of his students happened to be veteran constructor and puzzle editor Fred Piscop, who had this to say about him: "George was my teacher for two years: September , 1958through June , 1960
Soas have emailed to say that their latest "teach out" public lecture – taking place on a tube train, no less – will be veteran Green party activist Jenny Jones on "Why neoliberalism can never be green".
Also on show will be veteran director Claude Chabrol's look at corruption in the oil business in l'Ivresse du Pouvoir (The Ecstasy of Power), starring Gallic star Isabelle Huppert as a judge investigating an oil company executive.
To fight back the boys enlist the help of the title character (Owen Wilson), a good-natured homeless man who claims to be veteran of the Army Special Forces.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has hinted that Sunday's World Cup final will be veteran spinner Daniel Vettori's final international game.
On the Democratic side there's seven candidates running here, but the frontrunner appears to be veteran Max Rose.
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New VA Secretary Bob McDonald has talked about re-focusing the organization to be veteran-centric, and is establishing a new VA digital services unit.
Some colleges are veteran hosts.
"Those other guys are veteran guys.
A few were veteran sailors.
Our parents – both teachers – were veteran campaigners.
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