SOLDIERY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

soldiery

noun

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as in soldiers

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Recent Examples of soldiery The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy. — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 Through Joe, an aspiring journalist, readers experience not only the throb of post-9/11 patriotism but also the tedium, camaraderie and sudden terrors of soldiery in a war zone. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 14 May 2021

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Noun

Given the global deployment of US troops and the frequency of its use of force, the fear was that the ICC would make US officials and soldiers vulnerable, and would reduce its freedom of military action.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
The Army officer who directly supervised Wes Moore in Afghanistan says the Maryland governor never led soldiers in combat and had no troops assigned to him.

— Drew Sullins, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to pull its troops back from four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed in September 2022 but has never fully captured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
However, Ukraine's figures come on the heels of Russian government data that was reportedly hacked from statistics department Rosstat indicating that as many as 450,000 Russian troops have been killed since the war started on February 24, 2022.

— Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of troops

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New data suggest that a quarter of American servicemen may have low testosterone.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
The video showed the man being accompanied by two FSB servicemen onto a plane, then in a cage in a Moscow court, which ordered him detained for nearly two months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of servicemen

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The guards outside the Red Keep surrender, but inside – where the dragons cannot go – is another matter, and the two fight their way to the throne room, where a large contingent of men-at-arms and knights awaits, gloating.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of men-at-arms

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