Soldiering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The work of a soldier; military action.

    "Thus the two comrades came back from their soldierings to their humble homes, from which Lincoln was soon to start on the way marked out for him by Providence, with strides which no comrade, with whatever goodwill, might hope to follow."

  2. 2
    the evasion of work or duty wordnet
  3. 3
    skills that are required for the life of soldier wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of soldier form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"Thus the two comrades came back from their soldierings to their humble homes, from which Lincoln was soon to start on the way marked out for him by Providence, with strides which no comrade, with whatever goodwill, might hope to follow."

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