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
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Recent Examples of soldier
The return of his body closed a painful chapter for the country and cleared the way for the next and more challenging phase of the ceasefire, which calls for deploying an international security force, disarming Hamas, pulling back Israeli soldiers and rebuilding Gaza.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Imagine the wartime use of leaflets that were dropped in large quantities over battlefields, or onto townships, and contained a single message that was intended to mentally unbalance large numbers of citizens or soldiers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
And one of the most important ways to protect soldiers from dangerous gases—the gas mask.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
And there were the soldiers of the Army of the Potomac’s II Corps, who successfully repelled Lee’s frontal assault on the Union center.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Imagine the wartime use of leaflets that were dropped in large quantities over battlefields, or onto townships, and contained a single message that was intended to mentally unbalance large numbers of citizens or soldiers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
And one of the most important ways to protect soldiers from dangerous gases—the gas mask.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
And there were the soldiers of the Army of the Potomac’s II Corps, who successfully repelled Lee’s frontal assault on the Union center.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldier
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The warrior is both strong and yielding, capable of decisive action and deliberate restraint.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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There is the customary bellyaching about betrayals of the warrior ethos.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What the bill faces Critics also allude to former MMA fighters accusing UFC of antitrust violations.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Partisan resistance fighters in WWII, civilians or former military members who were not part of the regular armed forces of the Allies, used guerilla tactics to fight Nazis behind enemy lines.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldier. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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