soldier
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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.
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: sōl'jə(r), IPA: /ˈsəʊldʒə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"s@UldZ@(r\)/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊldʒə(ɹ)
- enPR: sŏl'jə(r), IPA: /ˈsɒldʒə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"sQldZ@(r\)/
- Rhymes: -ɒldʒə(ɹ)
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun [edit]
soldier (plural soldiers)
- A member of an army, of any rank.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- She wanted to be a soldier ever since she was little.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- A guardsman.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- (UK, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.
- A term of affection for a young boy.
- Someone who fights or toils well
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Translations [edit]
member of an army
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a guardsman
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a member of the Salvation Army
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UK: a piece of buttered bread or toast
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Verb [edit]
soldier (third-person singular simple present soldiers, present participle soldiering, simple past and past participle soldiered)
- To continue.
- To be a soldier.
- 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.)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to continue
to be a soldier