soldier

UK /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/ US /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/
noun 5verb 4name 4

Definitions

noun

1

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

My friends and I saw a soldier questioning a man holding a bag with a gun in his pocket.

The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.

2

Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.

3

An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

She saw a soldier while collecting her baggage at the airport.

It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier.

4

A guardsman.

5

A member of the Salvation Army.

verb

1

To continue steadfast; to keep striving.

2

To serve as a soldier.

3

To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

4

To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.

It was the first time I had ever “soldiered” a horse. Soldiering means using a horse without the owner's leave or knowledge. Two of our lost horses we never found. Probably some one was soldiering them!

name

1

A tiny city in Monona County, Iowa.

2

A tiny city in Jackson County, Kansas.

3

An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.

4

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

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