serviceman russian

• вое́нный

  (relational) war

  military, soldier, military man, serviceman, the military

• военнослу́жащий

  serviceman

• стреле́ц

  (historical) a serviceman of the special standing army, armed with firearms

  (outdated) same as стрелок

  Sagittarius

• 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

• контра́ктник

  contract soldier, contract serviceman

• демобилизо́ванный

  ex-serviceman, demobee

• строеви́к

  combatant serviceman, expert in line service

• дембе́ль

  demobilization; discharge from military service

  soldier nearing discharge; discharged serviceman

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.