returned UK /ɹɪˈtəːnd/US /ɹɪˈtɝnd/ adjective4 •That has come back. •(US, Australia) Back home having been discharged from military service.There are about thirty full-blooded returned men in this state whom I believe are not entitled to the old-age pension. — 1941 •Yielded as a return on an investment etc. •Bent back; angled. formsmore returned · most returned