reservist
noun/rɪˈzɜːvɪst/
/rɪˈzɜːrvɪst/
- a soldier, etc. who is a member of the reserves (= a military force that can be used in an emergency)Topics War and conflictc2, The environmentc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryReservist is used after these nouns:
- army
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