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English noun: soldier

1. soldier (person) an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army


SamplesThe soldiers stood at attention.


Broader (hypernym)enlisted person


Narrower (hyponym)Anzac, cannon fodder, cavalryman, cavalryman, color bearer, Confederate soldier, flanker, fodder, foot soldier, footslogger, fresh fish, goldbrick, Green Beret, guardsman, Gurkha, Highlander, infantryman, Janissary, jawan, legionary, legionnaire, lobsterback, man-at-arms, marcher, marine, militiaman, orderly, para, paratrooper, peacekeeper, pistoleer, poilu, point man, ranker, redcoat, regular, reservist, rifleman, Section Eight, standard-bearer, tank driver, tanker, territorial, trooper, trooper, Unknown Soldier, Uriah, Wac


Instance hyponymAllen, Bayard, Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Chevalier de Bayard, Cyrano de Bergerac, Daniel Morgan, Ethan Allen, Harry Hotspur, Henry Lee, Higginson, Hotspur, Jan Christian Smuts, Juan Domingo Peron, Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, La Fayette, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Mehemet Ali, Mohammed Ali, Morgan, Muhammad Ali, Percy, Peron, Pierre de Terrail, Pierre Terrail, Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, Seigneur de Bayard, Sir Henry Percy, Smuts, T. E. Lawrence, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, Tancred, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson

2. soldier (animal) a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony


Broader (hypernym)worker


English verb: soldier

1. soldier (competition) serve as a soldier in the military


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s PP


Broader (hypernym)pass, spend









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