soldier

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Army, Occupationssoldiersol‧dier1 /ˈsəʊldʒə $ ˈsoʊldʒər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable]     Image of soldier PMABOa member of the army of a country, especially someone who is not an officertroop  A British soldier was wounded in the fighting.  an enemy soldierExamples from the CorpussoldierThis orphan grew up to be a soldier.Moore has been a soldier for most of his adult life.Grinning soldiers crowded around the partition.We can form a human chain of Berliners along the Wall which no one dare break, nomatterhow many soldiers they send.There were several soldiers guarding the main gate.Contemporary accounts give the impression of a watchful, mistrustful regime, of a country bristling with fortresses and teeming with soldiers.A group of young soldiers were standing outside talking excitedly, their bulging kit-bags leaning up against their legs.soldiersoldier2 verb     soldier on→ See Verb tableExamples from the CorpussoldierDo you realise, that I've been soldiering longer than anything else since I was a schoolboy?After losing centre-forward Lloyd Davies with a knee injury, the Cobblers soldiered on with ten men to earn a goalless draw.But the eighty year old has soldiered on.Origin soldier1 (1200-1300) Old French soudier, from soulde pay, from Late Latin solidus gold coin, from Latin solidus (adjective); → SOLID1
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