soldier🔊

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

(nonstandard) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.

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

A guardsman.

A member of the Salvation Army.

A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.

(New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

{{n-g|A term of approbation for a young boy.}}

Someone who fights or toils well.

The (red) or {{vern|cuckoo gurnard}} ((species)).

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.

(dated) A red herring {{gloss|cured kipper with flesh turned red}}.

(xiangqi) 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.

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.

To continue steadfast; to keep striving.

To serve as a soldier.

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

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