English Explanatory Dictionary

soldier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
  2. Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
  3. An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
  4. A guardsman.
  5. A member of the Salvation Army.
  6. A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
  7. A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
  8. A term of approbation for a young boy.
  9. Someone who fights or toils well.
  10. A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
  11. 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.
  12. A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red).
verb
  1. To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
  2. To serve as a soldier.
  3. To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
  4. To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
name
  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.

Pronunciation

sōlʹjə sŏlʹjə /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/ /ˈsɒld͡ʒə/ En-uk-soldier.ogg sōlʹjər /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/ en-us-soldier.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soldier.wav

Word forms

soldier soldiers soldior soldiour souldier souldior souldiour soldiering soldiered

Etymology

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".

Synonyms

digger dogface doughboy GI ground pounder grunt jarhead jawan lobster Old Bill old sweat regular serviceman serviceperson servicewoman soldier squaddie sweat tirailleur Tommy Tommy Atkins trooper warrior dog it fuck the dog goldbrick

Related words

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Derived words

armored soldier buffalo soldier Canadian soldier child soldier chocolate soldier Christian soldier come the old soldier dead soldier dog soldier foot soldier freshwater soldier horse soldier old soldier plague soldier beetle sea soldier shaggy soldier soldier beetle soldierbush soldier crab soldierdom soldieress soldierfish soldier fly soldier-girl soldierize soldierless soldier-like soldierlike soldier of misfortune soldier-proof soldier river barb soldiership soldier thistle soldierwood soldiery straight as a soldier summer soldier supersoldier tin soldier water soldier soldierly
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