military veteran

C6728
concept

A military veteran is an individual who has previously served in a nation's armed forces and has since been discharged or retired from active duty.

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All labels observed (31)

Label Occurrences
military veteran canonical 33
American Civil War veteran 32
Vietnam War veteran 19

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: military veteran
Generated description
A military veteran is an individual who has previously served in a nation's armed forces and has since been discharged or retired from active duty.

Instances (170)

Instance Via concept surface
Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh
surface form: Wilmot Hudson Fysh
World War I veteran
Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (acting)
surface form: Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
former military officer
James Norman Hall World War I veteran
Anthony Wilford Brimley United States Marine Corps veteran
George Stoneman American Civil War veteran
Reuben Webster Millsaps Confederate veteran
Lt. Mark Rumsfield —
Vietnam War veterans military veterans
Edward H. Funston —
Merriel
surface form: Merriel "Snafu" Shelton
United States Marine Corps veteran
Eddie Rickenbacker World War I veteran
Korean War U.S. Army infantry veterans Korean War veterans
Chuck Hagel —
Jen Easterly former military officer
Samuel A. Ashe Confederate veteran
Alvin C. York World War I veteran
Christopher C. Augur American Civil War veteran
Bob Dole —
Bob Kerrey —
Yusef Komunyakaa Vietnam War veteran
Daniel Inouye —
Jared Golden —
Abner Doubleday American Civil War veteran
Alfred Moore Waddell Confederate veteran
Holman S. Melcher American Civil War veteran
Ellis Spear American Civil War veteran
Anthony Swofford United States Marine Corps veteran
Ali Sayad Shirazi Iran–Iraq War veteran
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Civil War veteran
Mike Pompeo former military officer
William Joyce Sewell American Civil War veteran
Bernard F. Fisher Vietnam War veteran
Kate Norley Iraq War veteran
Boston Corbett American Civil War veteran
Common's father
surface form: Lonnie "Pops" Lynn
Vietnam War veteran
Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann
surface form: John Paul Vann
Vietnam War veteran
Millard Kaufman American military veteran
Henry H. Bingham American Civil War veteran
Josh Gracin United States Marine Corps veteran
Robert Fry former military officer
Freikorps soldiers World War I veterans
Tom Jeffords American military veteran
Raoul Lufbery World War I veteran
Bobby Lashley former United States Army soldier
Tony Bennett United States Army veteran
Hobey Baker World War I veteran
Jack Hemingway —
Lewis Henry Douglass Civil War veteran
Robinson family
surface form: Jackie Robinson Jr.
United States Army veteran
Barnet David Rosofsky United States Marine Corps veteran