VETERAN  , old, tried, experienced, particularly used of a soldier who has seen much service . The Latin veteranus (vetus, old), as applied to a soldier, had, beside its See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general application in opposition to tiro, recruit, a specific technical meaning in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . Under the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic the full See also:

• TERM

term of service with the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion was twenty years; those who served this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period and gained their See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge (missio) were termed emeriti, If they See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose to remain in service with the legion, they were then called veterani . Sometimes a See also:

• SPECIAL

special invitation was issued to the emeriti to rejoin; they were then styled evocati . The See also:

• BASE

base of See also:

• LAT

Lat. vetus meant a See also:

• YEAR

year, as seen in the Gr . ETOS (for Fsros) and See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit vatsa; from the same base comes vitulus, a See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

calf, properly a yearling, vitellus, a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young calf, whence O . Fr. veel, See also:

• MODERN

modern, veau, See also:

• ENGLISH

English " veal," the flesh of the calf . The See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic cognate of vitulus is probably seen in Goth. withrus, iamb, English " wether," a castrated See also:

• RAM
• RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)

ram .