soldier : Idioms & Phrases

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common soldier

  • noun an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
    buck private; private.
    • our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value
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confederate soldier

  • noun a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
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federal soldier

  • noun a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
    Federal; Federal soldier.
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Foot soldier

  • noun fights on foot with small arms
    infantryman; footslogger; marcher.
  • noun an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
    subordinate; underling; subsidiary.
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  • a soldier who serves on foot.
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Horse soldier

  • a cavalryman.
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Poor soldier

  • (Zoöl.), the friar bird.
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Private soldier

  • . See Private, n., 5.
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shipboard soldier

  • noun a member of the United States Marine Corps
    devil dog; Marine; leatherneck.
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Soldier beetle

  • (Zoöl.), an American carabid beetle (Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio.
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Soldier bug

  • (Zoöl.), any hemipterous insect of the genus Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug (Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other insects.
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Soldier crab

  • (Zoöl.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab.
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Soldier fish

  • (Zoöl.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish (Etheostoma coeruleum) found in the Mississippi River; called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
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Soldier fly

  • (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
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soldier grainy club

  • noun a variety of grainy club
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Soldier moth

  • (Zoöl.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots.
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soldier of fortune

  • noun a person hired to fight for another country than their own
    mercenary.
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Soldier orchis

  • (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis militaris).
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soldier-fish

  • noun the larger squirrelfishes
    soldierfish.
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soldiers of god

  • noun an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda
    Jund-ul-Islam.
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toy soldier

  • noun a doll that resembles a soldier
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union soldier

  • noun a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
    Federal; Federal soldier.
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unknown soldier

  • noun an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial
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veteran soldier

  • noun a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
    veteran.
    • the veterans laughed at the new recruits
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water soldier

Wa"ter sol`dier
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  1. (Bot.) An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
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