'Soldier' definitions:

Definition of 'soldier'

(from WordNet)
noun
An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
noun
A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
verb
Serve as a soldier in the military

Definition of 'Soldier'

From: GCIDE
  • Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]
  • 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. [1913 Webster]
  • I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. [1913 Webster]
  • It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite. [1913 Webster]
  • Soldier beetle (Zool.), an American carabid beetle (Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio.
  • Soldier bug (Zool.), 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.
  • Soldier crab (Zool.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab.
  • Soldier fish (Zool.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish (Etheostoma coeruleum) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
  • Soldier fly (Zool.), 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.
  • Soldier moth (Zool.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots.
  • Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Soldier'

From: GCIDE
  • Soldier \Sol"dier\, v. i.
  • 1. To serve as a soldier. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task. [Colloq.U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In this sense the vulgar pronounciation (s[=o]"j[~e]r) is jocosely preserved. [1913 Webster]
  • It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling, or only soldiering. --C. D. Warner. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'soldier'

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Soldier, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Soldier, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
207
Housing Units (2000) :
113
Land area (2000) :
0.297160 sq. miles (0.769641 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.297160 sq. miles (0.769641 sq. km)
FIPS code :
73785
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
41.984598 N, 95.779916 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
51572
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Soldier, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Soldier, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
122
Housing Units (2000) :
58
Land area (2000) :
0.152395 sq. miles (0.394701 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.152395 sq. miles (0.394701 sq. km)
FIPS code :
66175
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
39.536792 N, 95.964849 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
66540
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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