Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - soldier
Soldier
soldier
n. & v. --n. 1 a person serving in or having served in an army. 2 (in full common soldier) a private or NCO in an army. 3 a military commander of specified ability (a great soldier). 4 (in full soldier ant) a wingless ant or termite with a large head and jaws for fighting in defence of its colony. 5 (in full soldier beetle) a reddish-coloured beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, with flesh-eating larvae. --v.intr. serve as a soldier (was off soldiering). Phrases and idioms soldier of Christ an active or proselytizing Christian. soldier of fortune an adventurous person ready to take service under any State or person; a mercenary. soldier on colloq. persevere doggedly. Derivatives soldierly adj. soldiership n. Etymology: ME souder etc. f. OF soudier, soldier f. soulde (soldier's) pay f. L solidus: see SOLIDUS
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English soudeour, from Anglo-French soudeer, soudeour mercenary, from soudee shilling's worth, wage, from sou, soud shilling, from Late Latin solidus solidus Date: 14th century 1. one engaged in military service and especially in the army, an enlisted man or woman, a skilled warrior, a militant leader, follower, or worker, 3. one of a caste of wingless sterile termites usually differing from workers in larger size and head and long jaws, one of a type of worker ants distinguished by exceptionally large head and jaws, one who shirks work, ~ly adjective or adverb ~ship noun II. intransitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1647 1. to serve as a ~, to behave in a ~ly manner, to push doggedly forward, to make a pretense of working while really loafing ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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