DCHP-2

returned returned soldier, returned man DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• adj. — Military

  for a member of the armed forces, discharged following active service, especially abroad.

  This term is common among Commonwealth countries, particularly in New Zealand and Australia (see Chart 1), but is not a Canadianism as defined by our criteria (see Dollinger 2015c). One could attempt to make the case that the term has cultural salience and is Type 2 - Preservation shared among the Commonwealth, were it not for the US, which features the term twice as much as in Canada.
  New Zealand and Australia have organizations for veterans that include "Returned and Services" in the titles, which explains their especially high frequencies in Chart 1. Canada's equivalent group is the Royal Canadian Legion.
  COD-2 marks the term as "Cdn, Austral., & NZ ", which we cannot confirm.

  See also: returned man  returned soldier  Royal Canadian Legion  

  • 1872  The carriage containing the President and Governor-General was the focus of all eyes; handkerchiefs and hats were waved like mad, cheer after cheer greeted the distinguished party, and ever and anon a man -- usually a returned soldier -- would break through the military, and running along by the carriage, shake hands with the President, who never refused them the privilege, and responded to the cheers by frequently, removing his hat and bowing to the quarter whence they arose. 
  • 1900  The cabin passenger is only taken account of at the port of landing and is not looked upon as one of our immigrants. We take the steerage passengers only. The cabin passenger as the Committee will readily understand is a man who may be a returned man or a tourist or a business man. 
  • 1914-1918  (1977)  The officials of each and every branch are always glad to welcome returned soldiers at their offices and give them help and advice at any time. It is the desire of the Commission that every returned soldier is given a square deal, and even more, and to help each returned soldier back to civil life and civil activities. 
  • 1933  The returned man will not be very vocal about that, for he despised most of that kind of thing anyhow. The students of today should know that most of that talk came not from the soldier, but from the other fellows. 
  • 1942  The Canadian War Disability Pensioners' association will hold a general meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the Free Press board room. All returned soldiers are invited to attend. 
  • 1987  This led to my getting some hard looks from patriots who like to stay at home and coach fights from the sidelines. I was to spend three years during the war with the navy and a further three years in after times with the army, but I've no use for a bigmouthed patriot or a returned man who brags of his service record. 
  • 1994  Secondary to Sister Doyle's life are her children and her husband, whom she married in haste at war's end, when she was already three months pregnant. So skilfully does Reid mete out information and control the tension, that only at the last moment of the story do we fully comprehend the reason for Sister Doyle's fierce devotion to her "returned men". 
  • 2005  A. Cameron, the returned soldier of the Imperial Army, who was sent to Vancouver through the efforts of several local citizens, to enter the hospital there for treatment for cancer of the tongue, has underwent several operations and has so far come through them successfully, according to a letter from the returned man received in the city yesterday.