Definitions
Member of an army or armed service
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English soudeour, from Old French soudier or soudeour (“mercenary”), from Medieval Latin soldarius (“soldier (one having pay)”), from Late Latin solidus, a type of coin. Displaced Old English cempa (whence obsolete kemp).
Used in a sentence
“My friends and I saw a soldier questioning a man holding a bag with a gun in his pocket.”
“I am a soldier and unapt to weep.”
“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Army member”7 letters
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