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n. - A member of a military group on standby.

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  • One of the Captin's I fly with as a reservist is the Wal-Mart eye doctor.
  • As we are about to hear from an army reservist, that is not what they should be doing.
  • This must take place within the framework of the law and becoming a reservist is a concrete way of getting involved.
  • Again, as I say, they could face the death penalty, that the reservist is a 26-year-old man who was, lived in Israel.
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