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
In Tallinn, at the airport, British soldiers were eating hamburgers in the food court, and Prince William, colonel in chief of the Mercian Regiment, was in town to inspect his troops at a British camp just 100 miles from the Russian border.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
On May 5, The Coalition's Mike Crump announced through the Xbox Wire blog that Marcus Fenix and his ragtag team of COG soldiers will take on the Locust Horde once again in Gears of War: Reloaded.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Glenn was also convicted in separate trials for two other murders: the June 19, 1975, killing of 28-year-old motel cook Daniel Van Lone during a botched robbery, and the June 27, 1975, murder of 19-year-old Army soldier Winfred Proffitt during a drug deal, according to The Denver Post.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Just outside our car, soldiers beat down the door of a house and piled in.
—Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
On May 5, The Coalition's Mike Crump announced through the Xbox Wire blog that Marcus Fenix and his ragtag team of COG soldiers will take on the Locust Horde once again in Gears of War: Reloaded.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Glenn was also convicted in separate trials for two other murders: the June 19, 1975, killing of 28-year-old motel cook Daniel Van Lone during a botched robbery, and the June 27, 1975, murder of 19-year-old Army soldier Winfred Proffitt during a drug deal, according to The Denver Post.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Just outside our car, soldiers beat down the door of a house and piled in.
—Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldier
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Jedi-in-training Rey (Daisy Ridley), reluctant hero Finn (John Boyega) and X-wing warrior Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) lead the ragtag Resistance against a returning Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) in a film that's full of logic fumbles and muddies the focus of the third and final trilogy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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This is a time to integrate some of that Aries warrior energy with Aquarius’ vision of collective care.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
2 May 2025
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The two fought on competing networks (Stevenson only wanted to fight on Showtime; Kovalev was an HBO fighter), and no deal could ever be made.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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As public anger over the clip grew, fighters in armored vehicles amassed overnight outside Jaramana and began shelling the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group based in Britain.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldier. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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