reservist

From reserve +‎ -ist.

reservist (plural reservists)

1. A soldier who is assigned as reserved; after training, no longer in full active duty.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 124:

     One of the men there, a reservist he said he was, told my brother he had seen the heliograph flickering in the west.

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Borrowed from French réserviste. Equivalent to reserve +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˌreː.zɛrˈvɪst/, /ˌreː.zərˈvɪst/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧vist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

reservist m (plural reservisten)

1. (military) reservist