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premilitary

premilitary adjective: before military service.

Adjective

premilitary (not comparable)

  1. Before military service.
    • The allegations arose from the accounts of soldiers at a conference of graduates of a premilitary course at an academic college in northern Israel.2009 March 31, Isabel Kershner, “Israel Ends Inquiry Into Abuse in Gaza”, in New York Times

Origin of premilitary

From pre- + military.

Questions about premilitary

What does premilitary mean?
Premilitary means before military service.
What part of speech is premilitary?
Premilitary is an adjective.

Words near premilitary in the dictionary

  1. premierships
  2. premies
  3. premigration
  4. premigrational
  5. premigratory
  6. premilitary
  7. premilk
  8. premilked
  9. premilking
  10. premilks
  11. premilled

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