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# reservist

noun (a reservist, reservists)

«reservist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who has a normal job but has trained as a soldier, sailor or airman and can be called up to serve in the armed forces when needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#m1)
2. A member of a reserve force. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, reservists work as teachers, builders or nurses, then train some weekends; in an emergency they may be called up. In the news and history lessons, reservists are called up in wartime or after floods and disasters. Phrases: army reservist, call up reservists, a reservist soldier.

### Examples

- My aunt is a nurse and an army reservist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#x1)
- The government called up thousands of reservists. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#x2)
- Reservists train on some weekends and in the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#x3)
- Ukraine called up reservists to defend the country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#x4)
- The reservists helped with sandbags during the floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#x5)
- Dad became a navy reservist after leaving the full-time navy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a reservist, reservists. From "reserve" (kept ready for later). In the UK the Army Reserve used to be called the Territorial Army.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reservist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reservist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reservist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reservist.html) on Mova free.