Sekirov Dictionary

soldier

UK /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/US /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/

noun14

  1. a person in an army who fights on land, especially one who does not give orders
  2. An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
  3. A guardsman.
  4. (nonstandard) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
  5. (figurative) Someone who fights or toils well.
  6. A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
  7. (UK, Australia) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
  8. One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
  9. A member of the Salvation Army.
  10. A term of approbation for a young boy.
  11. A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), so that its tallest and slimmest face faces the outside of the wall.
  12. A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.
  13. A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
  14. (slang, old-fashioned) A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red).

verb4

  1. To serve as a soldier.
  2. To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
  3. To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
  4. (slang) To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
forms

soldiered · soldiering · soldiers

Phrases with soldier

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