Soldier
['səʊldʒə] or ['soldʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony.
(noun.) an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; 'the soldiers stood at attention'.
(verb.) serve as a soldier in the military.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
(n.) A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction.
(n.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To serve as a soldier.
(v. i.) To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
Typist: Nicholas
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Warrior, fighting-man, man at arms.
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Definition
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see soldiers marching in your dreams, foretells for you a period of flagrant excesses, but at the same time you will be promoted to elevations above rivals. To see wounded soldiers, is a sign of the misfortune of others causing you serious complications in your affairs. Your sympathy will outstrip your judgment. To dream that you are a worthy soldier, you will have literal fulfilment of ideals. Women are in danger of disrepute if they find themselves dreaming of soldiers.
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Examples
- The manufacturer has always been accustomed to look for his subsistence from his labour only; the soldier to expect it from his pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And hotter, too, the soldier who was cooking said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I think it was so splendid in Father to go as chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier, said Meg warmly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Seeing a soldier in blue on this log, I rode up to him, commenced conversing with him, and asked whose corps he belonged to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Elinor sighed over the fancied necessity of this; but to a man and a soldier she presumed not to censure it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The soldier with the basket soon got a light, and lighted three or four torches, and took one himself and distributed the others. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The philosopher himself has lost the love of truth, and the soldier, who is of a simpler and honester nature, rules in his stead. Plato. The Republic.
- This is the arm of which so much was heard during the recent war with Spain, and against which our soldiers had to contend. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- By God they were soldiers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They are drunk, he said, moving his hand toward the two soldiers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It is not until the last thousand years B.C. that we begin to find mounted soldiers, as distinct from charioteers, playing a part in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I guess really good soldiers are really good at very little else, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was one of those things that gave you a false feeling of soldiering. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He would have to find out what became of him and whether he ever cleared up and was fit for soldiering again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Anyhow, my dear Handel, said he presently, soldiering won't do. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Not very strong, that hope, if you went soldiering! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yes, neighbours, I was a pretty sight in my soldiering days. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Really all the soldiering and smartness in the world in the father seems to count for nothing in forming the nater of the son. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Theodore