English > soldier: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | An enlisted ... / enlisted man or woman who serves in an army. |
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| Example | "the soldiers stood at attention" |
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| Instances | Allen, Ethan Allen | A soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) |
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| Bayard, Seigneur de Bayard, Chevalier de Bayard, Pierre Terrail, Pierre de Terrail | French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) |
| Borgia, Cesare Borgia | Italian cardinal and military leader |
| Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac | A French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose) |
| Higginson, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson | United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) |
| Kosciusko, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko | Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) |
| Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette | French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) |
| Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia | Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks |
| Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee | soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) |
| Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali, Muhammad Ali | Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took ... / took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849) |
| Morgan, Daniel Morgan | soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) |
| Percy, Sir Henry Percy, Hotspur, Harry Hotspur | English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403) |
| Peron, Juan Domingo Peron | Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) |
| Smuts, Jan Christian Smuts | South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950) |
| Tancred | Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112) |
| Narrower | Anzac | A soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I |
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| Confederate soldier | A soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War |
| Green Beret | A soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces |
| Gurkha | A member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years |
| Highlander | A soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands |
| Janissary | A Turkish soldier |
| Section Eight | A soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service |
| Unknown Soldier | An unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial |
| Uriah | (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC) |
| Wac | A member of the Women's Army Corps |
| cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish | soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire |
| cavalryman, trooper | A soldier mounted on horseback |
| cavalryman, trooper | A soldier in a motorized army unit |
| color bearer, standard-bearer | The soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle |
| flanker | A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation |
| goldbrick | A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort |
| guardsman | A soldier who is a member of a unit called 'the guard' or 'guards' |
| infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger | fights on foot with small arms |
| jawan | (India) a private soldier or male constable |
| legionnaire, legionary | A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) |
| man-at-arms | A heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times |
| marine | A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land |
| militiaman | A member of the militia |
| orderly | A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer |
| paratrooper, para | A soldier in the paratroops |
| peacekeeper | A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area |
| pistoleer | someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed) |
| poilu | A French soldier (especially in World War I) |
| point man | A soldier who goes ahead of a patrol |
| ranker | An enlisted / enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces |
| redcoat, lobsterback | British soldier |
| regular | A soldier in the regular army |
| reservist | A member of a military reserve |
| rifleman | A soldier whose weapon is a rifle |
| tanker, tank driver | A soldier who drives a tank |
| territorial | nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit |
| Broader | enlisted person | A serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer |
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| Spanish | soldado |
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| Catalan | soldat |
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| Adjectives | soldierly | (of persons) befitting a warrior |
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| Nouns | soldiership | skills that are required for the life of soldier |
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| Verbs | soldier | serve as a soldier in the military |
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