Used in a Sentence

soldier

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for soldier.

Editorial note

It was just big enough that one soldier with his Nutcracker Suite hat could stand in it.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of soldier gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for soldier.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

A member of the Salvation Army.

Example sentences

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It was just big enough that one soldier with his Nutcracker Suite hat could stand in it.

2

OMG: 14) De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle flying platform, designed to carry one soldier to reconnaissance missions (1954).

3

This isn't a case were some soldier found evidence of a crime or atrocity and was compelled to leak it.

4

A soldier would be hard pressed to find a better recruitment tool to give the enemy.

5

Distributed control would reduce this issue, (as in, have a single soldier/operator manage 10-15 units).

6

Don't overlook the covert soldier, blending in with the population, taking a rifle to those building/launching/directing those autonomous weapons and those they care for.

7

I actually cannot say how reality looks, just what every soldier within the electronic warfare department had to go through.

8

Also under the law, a police dog is an officer, an army dog is a soldier, a search and rescue dog is typically a fireman.

9

Half-baked embargo, fear of sending soldier or bombing nuclear infrstructures, followed by half-backed agreements, leading to a country lead by insane dictator with nuclear bombs.

10

That sounds like the perfect soldier, after the T-800.

11

I also remember seeing something similar using the average cost of a pint of beer as a percentage of an average soldier's wages.

12

I wasted many hours traveling as a chex soldier as a child.

Quote examples

1

Then you conclude, "You are a soldier fighting for evil men, therefore you are evil".

2

To slightly adjust a British military saying, you need to remember your irregular verb "to leak": The soldier commits a Federal crime.

3

Also there's the case of Werner Goldberg[2], a son of Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, who was lauded by Nazi press as the "Ideal German Soldier".

4

By way of comparison, most countries have multiple distinct crimes or not-crimes that "killing someone" can fall into: killing an enemy soldier in wartime is generally okayed, offing a fetus is okayed in many countries, killing someone by accident is (broadly speaking) manslaughter, and doing it intentionally (if it doesn't fall into one of the above categories) is murder.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use soldier in a sentence?

It was just big enough that one soldier with his Nutcracker Suite hat could stand in it.

What does soldier mean?

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

What part of speech is soldier?

soldier is commonly used as noun.