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demob

[ dee-mob ]

noun

  1. a person who has been demobilized.


verb (used with object)

, de·mobbed, de·mob·bing.
  1. to discharge (a person) from the armed forces; demobilize.

demob

/ diːˈmɒb /

verb

  1. short for demobilize
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. short for demobilization See demobilization
    2. ( as modifier )

      a demob suit

  1. a soldier who has been demobilized
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of demob1

First recorded in 1915–20; originally short for demobilize
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Example Sentences

After his demob he went to the Slade School of Fine Art, from where he graduated in 1957 and set out to make a living as an illustrator.

From BBC

Back in the UK, he acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting and Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment.

From BBC

According to UN guidelines, demobbed girls should be offered vocational training “in all types of occupations, including those traditionally limited to men and boys”.

For 65, perhaps for 70 years, he refused to speak about his experiences on the French coast - when he left the US Army in 1945, he was demobbed with "the shakes", he says.

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He was demobbed in 1958, slogged for two years, then got taken on by Vogue.

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