serviceman russian

• вое́нный

  military

  war (relational), wartime, of war

  serviceman, soldier, military man, the military (plural)

• сослужи́вец

  colleague, co-worker, fellow employee

  fellow soldier, comrade in service, fellow serviceman

• военнослу́жащий

  serviceman

• контра́ктник

  contract soldier, contract serviceman

• арме́ец

  serviceman, soldier

• отставни́к

  retired serviceman

• похоро́нка

  a short document, colloquial form of the official notification of the death of a military serviceman or a conscript

• демобилизо́ванный

  ex-serviceman, demobee

• строеви́к

  combatant serviceman, expert in line service

Examples

• Военнослужащий вернулся домой после долгой службы

  The serviceman returned home after a long period of service.

• Этот служака знал каждый приказ наизусть.

  That old serviceman knew every order by heart.

• Мой сосед - отставник, служил тридцать лет.

  My neighbor is a retired serviceman; he served for thirty years.

• Отставнику дали квартиру в новом доме.

  The retired serviceman was given an apartment in a new building.