soldier
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English soudeour, from Old French soudier or soudeour (“mercenary”), from Medieval Latin soldarius (“soldier (one having pay)”), from Late Latin solidus, a type of coin. Displaced Old English cempa (whence obsolete kemp). (red herring): An allusion to soldiers' red uniforms; red herring is, reciprocally, a slang term for "soldier".
Definitions
A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- My friends and I saw a soldier questioning a man holding a bag with a gun in his pocket.
- The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
- I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- She saw a soldier while collecting her baggage at the airport.
- It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier.
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A guardsman.
A member of the Salvation Army.
A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical…
A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a…
A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- Beside his egg was a plate of buttered toast, already cut up into soldiers.
A term of approbation for a young boy.
Someone who fights or toils well.
- [L]et 'em know how important it is to have Runyon Avenue soldiers up in our corners; their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is.
A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very…
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red).
A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the…
A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.
A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest…
A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), so that its tallest and slimmest face faces the outside of the wall.
To continue steadfast
To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
To serve as a soldier.
To intentionally restrict labor productivity
To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
- It was the first time I had ever “soldiered” a horse. Soldiering means using a horse without the owner's leave or knowledge. Two of our lost horses we never found. Probably some one was soldiering them!
A tiny city in Monona County, Iowa.
A tiny city in Jackson County, Kansas.
An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
The neighborhood
- synonymdigger
- synonymdogface
- synonymdoughboy
- synonymGI
- synonymground pounder
- synonymgrunt
- synonymjarhead
- synonymjawan
- synonymlobster
- synonymOld Bill
- synonymold sweat
- synonymregular
- neighborbattle buddy
- neighborbrother-in-arms
- neighborcomrade in arms
- neighbor:Category:Military ranks
- neighborcombatant
- neighbormilitant
- neighborperson
- neighborarcher
- neighborartilleryman
- neighboraskari
- neighborbluecoat
- neighborbombardier
Derived
armored soldier, buffalo soldier, Canadian soldier, child soldier, chocolate soldier, Christian soldier, come the old soldier, dead soldier, dog soldier, foot soldier, freshwater soldier, horse soldier, old soldier, plague soldier beetle, sea soldier, shaggy soldier, soldier beetle, soldierbush, soldier crab, soldierdom, soldieress, soldierfish, soldier fly, soldier-girl, soldierize, soldierless, soldier-like, soldierlike, soldier of misfortune, soldier-proof, soldier river barb, soldiership, soldier thistle, soldierwood, soldiery, straight as a soldier, summer soldier, supersoldier, tin soldier, water soldier · +1 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at soldier. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at soldier. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at soldier
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA