squaddie

noun
/ˈskwɒd.i/

Etymology

From squad + -ie.

  1. derived from squadra
  2. borrowed from escouade
  3. suffixed as squaddie — “squad + ie

Definitions

  1. A private in the army.

    • He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.
    • Hard men from the high flats and off-dutie squaddies threw back their pints shoulder to shoulder in its spartan public bar.

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