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1. (n.) soldier
a person engaged in military service.
2. soldier
an enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
3. soldier
a person of military skill or experience.
4. soldier
a person dedicated to a cause.
5. soldier
a low-ranking member of a crime organization.
6. soldier
a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped female ants or termites specialized, as with powerful jaws, to defend the colony from invaders.
7. (v.i.) soldier
to act or serve as a soldier.
8. soldier
to loaf while pretending to work.
9. soldier
soldier on, to persist steadfastly.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME souldiour < OF soudier, so(l)dier=soulde pay (< L solidus; cf. sol2) +-ier -ier2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
"the soldiers stood at attention"
2. (verb) soldier
a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
3. (verb) soldier
serve as a soldier in the military
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1. (noun) soldier
sb who is a member of a military group
soldiers at home on leave
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| Definition of 'soldier' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) soldier
one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants
2. (noun) soldier
especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer
3. (noun) soldier
a brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction
4. (noun) soldier
the red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
5. (noun) soldier
one of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite
6. (verb) soldier
to serve as a soldier
7. (verb) soldier
to make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task
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Sense: a member (usually male) of an army, often one who is not an officer
The boy wants to be a soldier when he grows up.
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 Afrikaans: soldaat |
 Arabic: جُنْدي |
 Bulgarian: войник |
 Brazilian: soldado |
 Czech: voják |
 German: der Soldat |
 Danish: soldat |
 Greek: στρατιώτης |
 Spanish: soldado |
 Estonian: sõdur |
 Farsi: سرباز |
 Finnish: sotilas |
 French: soldat |
 Hebrew: חַייָל |
 Hindi: सैनिक |
 Croatian: vojnika, ratnik |
 Hungarian: katona |
 Indonesian: prajurit |
 Icelandic: hermaður |
 Italian: soldato |
 Japanese: 軍人 |
 Korean: 군인 |
 Lithuanian: kareivis |
 Latvian: kareivis; karavīrs |
 Malay: askar |
 Dutch: soldaat |
 Norwegian: soldat |
 Polish: żołnierz |
 Persian: سرباز |
 Pashto: سپاهى، عسكر ، پوځى |
 Portuguese: soldado |
 Romanian: soldat |
 Russian: солдат |
 Slovak: vojak |
 Slovenian: vojak |
 Serbian: vojnik |
 Swedish: soldat |
 Thai: ทหาร |
 Turkish: asker |
 Taiwanese: 士兵 |
 Ukrainian: солдат; рядовий |
 Urdu: فوج کا جوان، سپاہی |
 Vietnamese: người lính |
 Chinese: 士兵 |
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