soldier

Meanings

Noun

• A member of an army, of any rank.
• A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
• A guardsman.
• A member of the Salvation Army.
• A low-ranking member of the mafia who engages in physical conflict.
• A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
• Someone who fights or toils well.
• The red gunnard or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus (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.
• A red herring .

Verb

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

Related

Similar words

• grunt, sweat, old sweat, Tommy
• dog it, goldbrick

Origin

• From Middle English soudeour, from Old French soudier or soudeour, from Medieval Latin soldarius ("soldier (one having pay)"), from Late Latin solidus, a type of coin. Displaced native Old English cempa.