soldier

soldier
    n 1: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the
         soldiers stood at attention"
    2: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and
       powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
    v 1: serve as a soldier in the military
    

Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.
   soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.
   L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a
   soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.]
   1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
      private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized
      body of combatants.
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            I am a soldier and unapt to weep.     --Shak.
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   2. Especially, a private in military service, as
      distinguished from an officer.
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            It were meet that any one, before he came to be a
            captain, should have been a soldier.  --Spenser.
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   3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
      or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of
      emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
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   4. (Zool.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov.
      Eng.]
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   5. (Zool.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white
      ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very
      large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
      See {Termite}.
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   {Soldier beetle} (Zool.), an American carabid beetle
      ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other
      insects, such as the plum curculio.

   {Soldier bug} (Zool.), any hemipterous insect of the genus
      {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug
      ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other
      insects.

   {Soldier crab} (Zool.)
      (a) The hermit crab.
      (b) The fiddler crab.

   {Soldier fish} (Zool.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish
      ({Etheostoma coeruleum}) found in the Mississippi River;
      -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}.

   {Soldier fly} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
      dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied
      genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic
      luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with
      markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.

   {Soldier moth} (Zool.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema
      militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish
      black lines and spots.

   {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis
      militaris}).
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, v. i.
   1. To serve as a soldier.
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   2. To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing
      any task. [Colloq.U.S.]
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   Note: In this sense the vulgar pronounciation (s[=o]"j[~e]r)
         is jocosely preserved.
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               It needs an opera glass to discover whether the
               leaders are pulling, or only soldiering. --C. D.
                                                  Warner.
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Soldier, IA (city, FIPS 73785)
  Location: 41.98461 N, 95.77963 W
  Population (1990): 205 (112 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 51572
Soldier, KS (city, FIPS 66175)
  Location: 39.53784 N, 95.96460 W
  Population (1990): 135 (56 housing units)
  Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 66540
    

Soldier, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    207
   Housing Units (2000): 113
   Land area (2000):     0.297160 sq. miles (0.769641 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.297160 sq. miles (0.769641 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            73785
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             41.984598 N, 95.779916 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     51572
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Soldier, IA
    Soldier
    

Soldier, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    122
   Housing Units (2000): 58
   Land area (2000):     0.152395 sq. miles (0.394701 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.152395 sq. miles (0.394701 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            66175
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             39.536792 N, 95.964849 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     66540
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Soldier, KS
    Soldier
    

SOLDIER. A military man; a private in the army. 
     2. The constitution of the United States, amend. art. 3, directs that 
no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the 
'consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed 
by law. 
    

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      army ant, bear arms, black ant, bold, brave, cannon fodder,
      carpenter ant, carry arms, clock watcher, combative, condottiere,
      continue, courageous, dauntless, do active duty, do duty, dodge,
      dog it, dogface, doughboy, doughfoot, drive, drudge, duck,
      duck duty, emmet, endure, enlisted man, eye-servant, fearless,
      fighter, fighting man, fire ant, food for powder, free lance,
      get out of, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off, grind, guerrilla,
      halberdier, hoplite, house ant, infantryman, intrepid, keep at,
      keep going, keep on, legionary, malinger, malingerer, man-at-arms,
      martial, mercenary, militant, military man, navy man,
      not pull fair, old soldier, partisan, persevere, persist, pikeman,
      pismire, pugnacious, queen, recruit, red ant, rifle, rifleman,
      serve, serviceman, shirk, shirker, shoulder a gun, shoulder arms,
      skulk, skulker, slack, slacker, slave ant, slide out of,
      slip out of, sneak out of, soldier of fortune, soldierly, spearman,
      stalwart, supporter, swaddy, sweat, tax dodger, termite, trooper,
      truant, unafraid, valiant, valorous, warlike, warrior, warrioress,
      wear the uniform, welsh, welsher, worker