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+ Vet, a veterinarian, and vet, a veteran, are separate clippings.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /vet/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ {{homograph|1|veterinarian}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1862}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The animal doctor is a clipping of [[veterinarian]] or [[veterinary]] surgeon.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A veterinary surgeon: 1862.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The verb, to give an animal veterinary care, is from 1891, first in the language of stock traders and horse racing; some members of the profession objected to it.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) To examine a person medically is from 1898,^(OED 1989) and the figurative sense, to examine carefully, is first recorded in Kipling's Traffics and Discoveries (1904).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) In slang a vet was a doctor of medicine (1925).^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1862 – a vet, veterinary surgeon.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1891 – to vet an animal.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1904 – to vet, scrutinize.^(Barnhart 1988)
+
+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[veterinarian]]; a veterinary surgeon.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Verb===
+ # To examine carefully and critically, as a person or a document: ''the candidates were well vetted''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To examine or treat an animal.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[vetting]]
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+ {{homograph|2|veteran}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1848}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The veteran is a clipping of [[veteran]], in American English.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A veteran: 1848, in North American use.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1848 – a vet, veteran (US).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(North America, informal)'' A [[veteran]], especially of the armed forces.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[veterinary]]
+ * [[veteran]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}