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Soldier

//ˈsəʊld͡ʒə// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun

1
A tiny city in Monona County, Iowa.
2
A tiny city in Jackson County, Kansas.
3
An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.
4
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

Noun

1
A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member. countable
"My friends and I saw a soldier questioning a man holding a bag with a gun in his pocket."
2
a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony wordnet
3
Any member of a military, regardless of specialty. broadly, countable, nonstandard
4
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army wordnet
5
An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer. countable, formal
"She saw a soldier while collecting her baggage at the airport."

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6
A guardsman.
7
A member of the Salvation Army.
8
A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
9
A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg. Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand
"Beside his egg was a plate of buttered toast, already cut up into soldiers."
10
A term of approbation for a young boy.
11
Someone who fights or toils well. countable, figuratively
"[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."
12
A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
13
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.
14
A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red). dated, slang
15
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.
16
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.

Verb

1
To continue steadfast; to keep striving. intransitive
2
serve as a soldier in the military wordnet
3
To serve as a soldier. intransitive
4
To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. intransitive
5
To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission. slang, transitive
"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!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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".

Etymology 2

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