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Definition of Souldier
1. a soldier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Souldier
Literary usage of Souldier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merry Drollery Compleat: Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, &c. Collected by W by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth (1875)
"... And an old pair of boots, drawn on without hose Stuft with raggs instead of
toes ; And an old souldier of the Queens, And the Queens old souldier. ..."
2. The Registers of the Parish Church of Leeds by George Denison Lumb, James Singleton, Leeds, Eng. (Parish), Emily Hargrave (1897)
"John Wallis, a souldier under Major Gifford O. A souldier for the King 0. ...
A souldier from Mr Hemsworth Taverne 0. William, sonne of William Morehouse, ..."
3. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"OR, THE DISBANDED souldier. [July 17, 1660.] THE following ballad is taken from the
... Alas poor souldier, whither wilt thou march? I've been in France, ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"Barnabe Rich, Gentleman souldier, in praise of the Author. If that which warnes
the young beware of vice, ..."
5. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"I souldier, 4 m. barley. Mat: Starkey, 3 in fam:, noe corne. ... Mr. Geo: Bennett,
5 in fam:, 1 souldier, 3 m. barley imd beanes. John Wright, 5 in fam:, ..."
6. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1876)
"attend two days in a month, from the first of June to the first of November, and
do duty, for which two days they shall be allowed souldier's wages, ..."
7. War Songs by Christopher Stone, Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1908)
"Let not my leane cheekes, I pray, Your bounty from a souldier stay, But, like a
noble friend, Some silver lend, And Jove shall pay you in the end: And I ..."
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