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soldier

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Synonyms: solder, souldier, moldier, soldner

Antonyms: solder, souldier, moldier, soldner

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. {{sid|en|Q4991371}}{{lb|en|countable|military}} A member of a ground-based [[army]], of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
  2. {{lb|en|by extension|nonstandard|countable|military}} Any member of a [[military]], regardless of specialty.
  3. {{lb|en|countable|formal|military}} An [[enlisted]] member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned [[officer]].
  4. A [[guardsman]].
  5. A member of the [[Salvation Army]].
  6. A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the [[mafia]], who engages in [[physical]] [[conflict]].
  7. {{lb|en|Britain|AU|Ireland|New Zealand}} A piece of [[butter|buttered]] [[bread]] (or [[toast]]), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-[[boiled egg]].
  8. {{n-g|A term of [[approbation]] for a young boy.}}
  9. {{lb|en|countable|figurative}} Someone who [[fight]]s or [[toil]]s well.
  10. A {{vern|red gunnard|red}} or {{vern|cuckoo gurnard}} ({{taxlink|Chelidonichthys cuculus|species}}).
  11. One of the [[asexual]] [[polymorphic]] forms of [[termite]]s, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to [[defend]] the [[nest]].
  12. {{lb|en|slang|dated}} A [[red herring]] {{gloss|cured kipper with flesh turned red}}. <!--presumably from red military uniforms?-->

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[continue]] steadfast; to keep striving.
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To serve as a soldier.
  3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[intentional]]ly [[restrict]] labor [[productivity]]; to [[work]] at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To take a ride on (another person's [[horse]]) without permission.

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|tiny city|co/Monona County|s/Iowa}}.
  2. {{place|en|tiny city|co/Jackson County|s/Kansas}}.
  3. {{place|en|unincorporated community/and/coal town|co/Carter County|s/Kentucky}}.
  4. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Jefferson County|s/Pennsylvania}}.

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