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soldier

noun

ˈsōl-jər

as in warrior

a person engaged in military service one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

civilian

Examples of soldier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The owner of McDonald’s Israeli franchisee, Omri Padan, had sparked the boycott after offering thousands of free meals to soldiers in Israel’s military conducting operations in Gaza in the days following the Oct. 7 terror attacks by Hamas. —

Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 July 2024 If a soldier is in the hospital for over 24 hours, the command is supposed to initiate a line of duty investigation. —

Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 23 July 2024 The Roman soldier who left the service and then was later enslaved led armies of gladiators and former enslaved people during the Gladiatorial War, more than 2,000 years ago, according to Britannica. —

Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024 Russian soldiers are already banned from publicly distributing information that could reveal the identity or location of military personnel. —

Christian Edwards, CNN, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for soldier

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