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