Soldiers considered as a group.
soldiery
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for soldiery.
Editorial note
I mean no disrespect to the soldiery, but why use soldiers for this, and not the DIA/NSA/CIA/various other TLAs?
Quick take
Soldiers considered as a group.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of soldiery gathered in one view.
The profession or skill of being a soldier.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for soldiery.
noun
Soldiers considered as a group.
See also: troops, military-personnel
noun
The profession or skill of being a soldier.
See also: troops, military-personnel
Example sentences
I mean no disrespect to the soldiery, but why use soldiers for this, and not the DIA/NSA/CIA/various other TLAs?
The Austrian camarilla found, apart from the high nobility, the bureaucracy and the soldiery, only support from the Slavs.
Soon enough the christians will jump in, and with them comes the child soldiery tolerance.
When the only rich people were the ones with private soldiery to protect their assets.
Germany used Czech tanks, and probably no small number of Czech soldiery, to invade France.
That said, it's not as though historical soldiery has always followed the current citizen-volunteer-soldier pattern we see today.
The non-soldiery weren't involved, a total war wasn't invoked, and proscriptions were largely absent?
They clean their rifles, practice shooting, and do other soldiery things, but no drilling.
>I mean no disrespect to the soldiery, but why use soldiers for this, and not the DIA/NSA/CIA/various other TLAs?
Also, we usually aren't speeding their maturity as much as fattening them up, which probably isn't desirable in soldiery.
Australia's most famous general, Sir John Monash, was famous amongst soldiery in his day for ensuring that soldiers never fought without a hot meal.
The first thing a war usually uncovers is that a large part of the peacetime commanders, soldiery, equipment, and military industry is completely incompetent.
Quote examples
Tertullian, Apologeticum, Chapter 9: "Babes were sacrificed publicly to Saturn in Africa till the proconsulate of Tiberius, who exposed the same priests on the same trees that overshadow the crimes of their temple, on dedicated crosses, as is attested by the soldiery of my father, which performed that very service for that proconsul.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use soldiery in a sentence?
I mean no disrespect to the soldiery, but why use soldiers for this, and not the DIA/NSA/CIA/various other TLAs?
What does soldiery mean?
Soldiers considered as a group.
What part of speech is soldiery?
soldiery is commonly used as noun.