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noun • a serviceman who has seen considerable active service • a person who has served in the armed forces • an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service adjective satellite • rendered competent through trial and experience | ||||||||
| 36% | 4 | Purple Heart recipient | ||||||
noun • a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength • Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) • the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem • (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her • someone who fights for a cause • (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god • a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | ||||||||
| 29% | 11 | Recipient of the Purple Heart | ||||||
noun • United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) | ||||||||
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7 | Recipient of the Purple Heart |
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