soldier

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English [edit]

Soldiers.

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English soudeour, from Anglo-Norman soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from Medieval Latin soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from Late Latin solidus, a type of coin.

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Noun [edit]

soldier (plural soldiers)

  1. A member of an army, of any rank.
    She wanted to be a soldier ever since she was little.
  2. A guardsman.
  3. A member of the Salvation Army.
  4. (UK, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.
  5. A term of affection for a young boy.
  6. Someone who fights or toils well

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Verb [edit]

soldier (third-person singular simple present soldiers, present participle soldiering, simple past and past participle soldiered)

  1. To continue.
  2. To be a soldier.
  3. 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.)

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