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.
All labels observed (31)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| military veteran canonical | 33 |
| American Civil War veteran | 32 |
| Vietnam War veteran | 19 |
| World War I veteran | 14 |
| United States Marine Corps veteran | 12 |
| Civil War veteran | 7 |
| United States Army veteran | 7 |
| former military officer | 7 |
| Confederate veteran | 6 |
| Indian Wars veteran | 4 |
| military veterans | 4 |
| American military veteran | 3 |
| United States Navy veteran | 3 |
| former soldier | 3 |
| Union Army veteran | 2 |
| former United States Army soldier | 2 |
| former army officer | 2 |
| Iran–Iraq War veteran | 1 |
| Iraq War veteran | 1 |
| Korean War veteran | 1 |
| Korean War veterans | 1 |
| U.S. military veteran | 1 |
| United States military veterans | 1 |
| War veteran | 1 |
| Winter War veteran | 1 |
| World War I veterans | 1 |
| former Royal Marine reservist | 1 |
| former U.S. Army soldier | 1 |
| former U.S. Marine | 1 |
| former soldiers | 1 |
| retired military personnel | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Henry Johnson | World War I veteran |
| Joseph M. Acaba | former U.S. Marine |
| Ranald S. Mackenzie | Indian Wars veteran |
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Colonel Douglas Mortimer in "For a Few Dollars More"
surface form:
Colonel Douglas Mortimer
|
former army officer |
|
John Kerry as a foreign policy specialist
surface form:
John Kerry
|
United States Navy veteran |
|
Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie
surface form:
Ranald S. Mackenzie
|
Indian Wars veteran |
| William H. Boring | Union Army veteran |
| Adelbert Ames | American Civil War veteran |
| Rudy Reyes | United States Marine Corps veteran |
| Bear Grylls | former soldier |
| George Wood Wingate | Civil War veteran |
| Albert Trop | former United States Army soldier |
| Henry H. Crocker | American Civil War veteran |
| Eugene Asa Carr | American Civil War veteran |
| Jeffrey LaBeouf | Vietnam War veteran |
| Harold Russell | — |
| Septimus Warren Smith | World War I veteran |
|
Colonel George "Bud" Day
surface form:
George "Bud" Day
|
Vietnam War veteran |
| Francis S. Gabreski | Korean War veteran |
| John McCain | Vietnam War veteran |