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soldier
has definitions from the fields of zoology,military,work
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[ noun ] (military,work) an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
Examples "the soldiers stood at attention" Used in print ("Editorials"...)As the civic temper rises , the more naive citizens begin to play soldier - but the guns are real . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The addition of endurance training later , when the body is mature enough to benefit from it without danger of injury , provides that final quality that makes the top athlete , soldier or citizen . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Thus , on the highroad , a troop of soldiers `` marched in their own dust and sang '' , while on the footpath one man walks alone . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Mr._Christiansen knows that a soldier will get the Distinguished_Service_Medal for conduct that would land him in prison for life or the electric_chair as a civilian . This is why he made such a magnificent soldier . Related terms serviceman enlisted_person redcoat cavalryman color_bearer cannon_fodder infantryman orderly rifleman cavalryman pistoleer militiaman higginson peacekeeper flanker bayard paratrooper Green_Beret henry_lee harry_hotspur point_man ranker regular Highlander guardsman goldbrick wac Section_Eight reservist territorial tanker allen Unknown_Soldier borgia Morgan kosciusko la_fayette lawrence man-at-arms mehemet_ali legionnaire juan_domingo_peron jan_christian_smuts tancred gurkha jawan Janissary Confederate_soldier |
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[ verb ] (military) serve as a soldier in the military
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[ noun ] (zoology) a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
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