returned

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UK/ɹɪˈtəːnd/US/ɹɪˈtɝnd/

adjective

Bent back; angled.

Very commonFirst used 15th c.Scrabble 9
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of return
adjectivereturned (comparative more returned, superlative most returned)

comparative more returned · superlative most returned

  1. Bent back; angled.First known use 15th c.
  2. Haven come back.First known use 16th c.
  3. businessYielded as a return on an investment etc.First known use 17th c.
  4. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUSBack home having been discharged from military service.First known use 19th c.

    There are about thirty full-blooded returned men in this state whom I believe are not entitled to the old-age pension.

    1941, Pearl Gibbs, radio broadcast, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 38
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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