English Explanatory Dictionary

chocolate soldier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who is unwilling to fight.
  2. The butterfly Junonia iphita, the chocolate pansy.

Word forms

chocolate soldier chocolate soldiers

Etymology

Military sense popularized by George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play Arms and the Man.

Derived words

choc
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