Definitions for soldier
ˈsoʊl dʒərsol·dier

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soldiernoun

   an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

   "the soldiers stood at attention"

2. soldierverb

   a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony

3. soldierverb

   serve as a soldier in the military

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. soldiernoun

   A member of an army, of any rank.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

2. soldiernoun

   A guardsman.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

3. soldiernoun

   A member of the Salvation Army.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

4. soldiernoun

   A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

5. soldiernoun

   A term of affection for a young boy.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

6. soldierverb

   To continue.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

7. soldierverb

   To be a soldier.

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

8. soldierverb

   To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. Has also been called dogging it or goldbricking. (Originally from the way that conscripts may approach following orders. Usage less prevalent in the era of all-volunteer militaries.)

   Etymology: From soudeour, from soudeer or soudeour 'mercenary', from soldarius 'soldier (one having pay)', from solidus, a type of coin.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Soldier

   A soldier is one who fights as part of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer. In other definition, soldiers are military personnel that participate in ground, sea, or air forces, commonly known as armies, navies, and air forces, respectively.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Soldiernoun

   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

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

2. Soldiernoun

   especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

3. Soldiernoun

   a brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

4. Soldiernoun

   the red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

5. Soldiernoun

   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

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

6. Soldierverb

   to serve as a soldier

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

7. Soldierverb

   to make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task

   Etymology: [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Soldier

   A soldier is one who fights as part of an organized land-based armed force; if that force is for hire the person is generally termed a mercenary soldier, or mercenary. The majority of cognates of the word "soldier" that exist in other languages have a meaning that embraces both commissioned and non-commissioned officers in national land forces.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Soldier

   sōl′jėr, n. a man engaged in military service: a private, as distinguished from an officer: a man of much military experience or of great valour: a soldier-ant, beetle, hermit-crab, &c.: (slang) a red herring.—v.i. to serve as a soldier: to bully: to shirk one's work or duty: (slang) to take a mount on another man's horse.—ns. Sol′dier-crab, a hermit-crab; Sol′diering, the state of being a soldier: the occupation of a soldier.—adjs. Sol′dier-like, Sol′dierly, like a soldier: martial: brave.—ns. Sol′dier-of-for′tune, one ready to serve anywhere for pay or his own advancement; Sol′diership, state or quality of being a soldier: military qualities: martial skill; Sol′diery, soldiers collectively: the body of military men; Fresh′water-sol′dier, the Stratiotes aloides, a European aquatic plant with sword-shaped leaves.—Come the old soldier over one, to impose on any one.—Old soldier, a bottle emptied at a sitting: a cigar-stump. [O. Fr. soldier (Fr. soldat)—L. solidus, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soldier

   One that has enlisted to serve his government in peace or war; receiving pay, and subject to the Mutiny Act and Articles of War.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soldier

   Is one who enters into an obligation to some chieftain or government to devote for a specified period his whole energies, and even if necessary his life itself, to the furtherance of the policy of that chief or government. The consideration may be immediate pay, or prospective reward; or the contract may be merely an act of loyal devotion. The acknowledgment of the service by the employer constitutes the man a recognized soldier, and empowers him to take life in open warfare, without being liable to the penalties of an assassin and a robber. The fact of being mercenary—that is, of receiving wages for killing and being killed—does not render a soldier’s trade less honorable. He bears arms that others may be able to do without them; he is precluded by the exigencies of military training from maintaining himself by peaceful occupation; and it is therefore but fair that those whom he protects should support him, and give him, over and above actual maintenance, reasonable wages for the continual risk of his life. If a man willingly enlist himself as a soldier in what he believes to be an unrighteous cause, it is an act of moral turpitude; but when once enlisted, the soldier ceases to be morally responsible for the justice or iniquity of the war he wages; that rests with his employer. Obedience, implicit and entire, is his sole virtue. The maxim is, “The military force never deliberates, but always obeys.” Brother soldier is a term of affection which is commonly used by one who serves under the same banners, and fights for the same cause, with another. In a more extensive signification, it means any military man with respect to another.

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1. soldiernoun

   Gangster.

2. soldiernoun

   Member of a gang/crew.

Matched Categories

1. • Enlisted Person
   • Spend

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'soldier' in Nouns Frequency: #870

Anagrams for soldier »

1. solider

How to pronounce soldier?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of soldier in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of soldier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of soldier in a Sentence

1. Letitia McMaster:

   Our father, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert R. McMaster( U.S. Army, retired), was a tough and compassionate soldier and public servant. He was committed to his neighbors, his fellow soldiers, his community and his country, the best way to honor his memory is for all of us to do all we can to prevent others from suffering at the hands of those who lack compassion and abandon even the most basic standards of human decency.

2. Peter Jackson:

   It changed my perception of what it was like to be a soldier in the war.

3. Paul Monti:

   Fly a flag in front of your house, showyour pride in America, you see a soldier, you cant shake his hand, I guess, but you can at least say thank you for your service.

4. Donald Trump:

   We celebrate our history, our people, and the heroes who proudly defend our flag: the brave men and women of the United States military, for over 65 years, no enemy Air Force has managed to kill a single American soldier. Because the skies belong to the United States of America.

5. Mahatma Gandhi:

   I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.

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