soldier
/ˈsəʊl.dʒə/
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Translation
A person who fights for their country as part of an army.
Word origin
From the Old French soudier, a person paid to fight, from soulde, a soldier's pay.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- soudier
Grammar
Gender
Pluralsoldiers
Examples
uniform.
"Soldier" is a person who fights for their country.
.
"Soldiers" is the plural, meaning more than one soldier.
army.
Here "soldier" is the job that her brother does.
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