soldier

1. An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army (synset 110641415)
   "the soldiers stood at attention"
   is a type of: enlisted person - a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
   subtypes:

   • gurkha - a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat
   • anzac - a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I
   • cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish - soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
   • cavalryman, trooper - a soldier mounted on horseback
   • cavalryman, trooper - a soldier in a motorized army unit
   • color bearer, standard-bearer - the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
   • confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
   • lobsterback, redcoat - British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)
   • flanker - a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
   • goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
   • green beret - a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces
   • guardsman - a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'
   • highlander - a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands
   • foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman, marcher - fights on foot with small arms
   • janissary - a Turkish soldier
   • jawan - (India) a private soldier or male constable
   • legionary, legionnaire - a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
   • man-at-arms - a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times
   • marine - a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
   • militiaman - a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
   • orderly - a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
   • para, paratrooper - a soldier in the paratroops
   • peacekeeper - a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
   • pistoleer - someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)
   • poilu - a French soldier (especially in World War I)
   • point man - a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol
   • ranker - an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces
   • regular - a soldier in the regular army
   • reservist - a member of a military reserve
   • rifleman - a soldier whose weapon is a rifle
   • section eight - a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
   • tank driver, tanker - a soldier who drives a tank
   • territorial - nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
   • unknown soldier - an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial
   • wac - a member of the Women's Army Corps
   • uriah - (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC)
   specific instances:

   • allen, ethan allen - a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
   • bayard, chevalier de bayard, pierre de terrail, pierre terrail, seigneur de bayard - French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)
   • borgia, cesare borgia - Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
   • cyrano de bergerac, savinien cyrano de bergerac - a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)
   • higginson, thomas higginson, thomas wentworth storrow higginson - United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
   • kosciusko, kosciuszko, tadeusz andrzej bonawentura kosciuszko, thaddeus kosciusko - Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
   • la fayette, lafayette, marie joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier, marquis de lafayette - French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
   • lawrence, lawrence of arabia, t. e. lawrence, thomas edward lawrence - Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
   • henry lee, lee, lighthorse harry lee - soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
   • mehemet ali, mohammed ali, muhammad ali - Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)
   • daniel morgan, morgan - soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)
   • harry hotspur, hotspur, percy, sir henry percy - English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
   • juan domingo peron, peron - Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974)
   • jan christian smuts, smuts - South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
   • tancred - Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
2. A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony (synset 102210299)
   is a type of: worker - sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

1. Serve as a soldier in the military (synset 201099442)
   is a type of: pass, spend - use up a period of time in a specific way

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