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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989
Synonyms:
Department of Veterans Affairs; VA
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Department of Veterans Affairs" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)