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soldier
English
Alternative forms
- soldior, soldiour, souldier, souldior, souldiour, (all obsolete), soljer
Etymology
From Middle English soudeour, borrowed from Old French soudier or soudeour (“mercenary”), from Medieval Latin soldarius (“soldier (one having pay)”), from Late Latin solidus, a type of coin. Displaced native Old English cempa.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?l?j?(r), s?l?j?(r), IPA(key): /?s??ld???/, /?s?ld???/
- (General American) enPR: s?l?j?r, IPA(key): /?so?ld???/
- Rhymes: -??ld???(?), -?ld???(?)
Noun
soldier (plural soldiers)
- A member of an army, of any rank.
- I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first soldier to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
- It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier.
- A guardsman.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- A low-ranking member of the mafia who engages in physical conflict.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- A term of approbation for a young boy.
- Someone who fights or toils well.
- The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
- 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.
- (slang, dated) A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red).
Synonyms
- (member of an army): grunt, sweat, old sweat, Tommy
Derived terms
- dead soldier
- soldierlike, soldierly
- water soldier (Stratiotes aloides)
Translations
Verb
soldier (third-person singular simple present soldiers, present participle soldiering, simple past and past participle soldiered)
- (intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
- (intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
- (intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, slang) To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
Usage notes
Originally from the way that conscripts may approach following orders. Usage less prevalent in the era of all-volunteer militaries.
Synonyms
- (work at slowest rate): dog it, goldbrick
Derived terms
- soldierly
Translations
See also
- soldier on
- toy soldier, plastic soldier
- soldier ant, soldier bee
- soldier of fortune
- construction soldier
Further reading
- soldier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Soldier (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- soldier on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- soldier on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
Anagrams
- Delrios, serolid, solider
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perdu
English
Alternative forms
- perdue
Etymology
Borrowed from French perdu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??(?)dju?/
Adjective
perdu (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Hidden; lost to view.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- He should lie Perdue who is to walk the round.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- (obsolete) Lost (from a soldier given a mission he is not expected to return from).
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 7, [1]
- Among certain grizzled sea-gossips of the gun decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue […]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 7, [1]
- (obsolete) Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; reckless; hopeless.
- a perdue captain
Noun
perdu (plural perdus)
- One placed on watch, or in ambush.
- A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, IV. vii. 35:
- To watch, poor perdu, / With this thin helm?
- 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, IV. vii. 35:
Anagrams
- Dupre, Prude, drupe, duper, prude, pured, red up, red-up
Esperanto
Verb
perdu
- imperative of perdi
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.dy/
- Homophones: perdue, perdus, perdues
Verb
perdu m (feminine singular perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)
- past participle of perdre
Adjective
perdu (feminine singular perdue, masculine plural perdus, feminine plural perdues)
- lost
Derived terms
Further reading
- “perdu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- drupe, duper
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French perdu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perdu (not comparable)
- lost
Further reading
- “perdu” in Duden online
perdu From the web:
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