|
|
Definition of Soldier
1. Noun. An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army. "The soldiers stood at attention"
Generic synonyms: Enlisted Person
Specialized synonyms: Allen, Ethan Allen, Bayard, Chevalier De Bayard, Pierre De Terrail, Pierre Terrail, Seigneur De Bayard, Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Cyrano De Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano De Bergerac, Higginson, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson, Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, Thaddeus Kosciusko, La Fayette, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette, Lawrence, Lawrence Of Arabia, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Henry Lee, Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee, Mehemet Ali, Mohammed Ali, Muhammad Ali, Daniel Morgan, Morgan, Harry Hotspur, Hotspur, Percy, Sir Henry Percy, Juan Domingo Peron, Peron, Jan Christian Smuts, Smuts, Tancred
Derivative terms: Soldierly, Soldiership
2. Verb. Serve as a soldier in the military.
3. Noun. A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony.
Definition of Soldier
1. n. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
2. v. i. To serve as a soldier.
Definition of Soldier
1. Noun. A member of an army, of any rank. ¹
2. Noun. A guardsman. ¹
3. Noun. A member of the Salvation Army. ¹
4. Noun. (British NZ) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg. ¹
5. Noun. A term of affection for a young boy. ¹
6. Noun. Someone who fights or toils well ¹
7. Verb. To continue. ¹
8. Verb. To be a soldier. ¹
9. Verb. To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. Has also been called ''dogging it'' or ''goldbricking''. (Originally from the way that conscripts may approach following orders. Usage less prevalent in the era of all-volunteer militaries.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soldier
1. to perform military service [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Soldier
1.
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organised body of combatants. "I am a soldier and unapt to weep." (Shak)
2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. "It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier." (Spenser)
3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; used by way of emphasis or distinction.
4.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soldier
Literary usage of Soldier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"A soldier in the field, whether marching or fighting, must put forth more ...
An English soldier who gets a three quarters of a pound ration of meat daily ..."
2. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1843)
"A petition of the heirs of Thomas Reed, deceased, a soldier of the ... A petition
of William Hayes, son and heir of Thomas Hayes, a soldier of the ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Liv Age 288:374-6 F 5 '16 Church's perplexity over the soldier. ... Lit Digest
52:643 Mr 11 604-9 S 2 'W Gaiety of the French soldier. JS Watkins. ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Lit Digest 54:482-3+ F 24 '17 Alan Seeger: America's soldier poet. ... Lit Digest
55:24 О 27 '17 soldier of the Foreign legion of France, ..."
Other Resources:
Afrikaans