So occasionally around the place (on Meta) I see "Since you are a veteran" or "Veterans have this privilege".
For example, here.
How much rep does a user have to have to be considered a veteran?
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3define "veteran"– BraiamCommented Jul 25, 2014 at 15:05
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1I don't know what instance or usage you are referring to, but in my book a veteran isn't based on how much rep you have, it is based on how long you have been here and how active you've been.– Seth ModCommented Jul 25, 2014 at 15:12
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@Braiam That's what I'm asking! What is a veteran on SO?– TimCommented Jul 25, 2014 at 15:19
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2k rep would definitely put you in the "regular user, doesn't need to know about every little badge" category.. Other than that, veteran doesn't have a solid "definition".– Seth ModCommented Jul 25, 2014 at 16:32
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1I think what Oded means in that answer is that you have a a fairly large amount of rep - time probably doesn't matter that much in this case, even though many people's rep increases over time. The boring way to look as this would be a dictionary - and since I don't think there have been any SE 'wars' as such (apart from some insistent post editors), a person with 'long experience in any particular activity' could be the best definition. 'Veteran' could even refer to a established user.– WilfCommented Jul 25, 2014 at 16:34
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My guess is that "veteran" has to be taken in context of the conversation. For example, in this conversation "verteran" presumedy would refer to users with both 3K + reputation and experience in reviewing close votes on SE.
Short answer - verteran implies not only reputation, but also some experience with the topic at hand.
You might also find the privileges page useful.
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Veteran can also trump reputation, in the case of if I were a newbie here, but were actually extremely well versed in something like nginx (which I am since I package it). But yes, this is an accurate assessment.– Thomas Ward ModCommented Jul 15, 2015 at 17:53