[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            i am a soldier and unapt to weep.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. especially, a private in military service, as
      distinguished from an officer.
      1913 webster

            it were meet that any one, before he came to be a
            captain, should have been a soldier.  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. the red or cuckoo gurnard trigla pini. prov.
      eng.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
solid sold trigla pini termite soldier beetle chauliognathus americanus 
soldier bug podisus podius spinosus soldier crab soldier fish 
etheostoma coeruleum blue darter rainbow darter soldier fly stratyomys 
soldier moth euschema militaris soldier orchis orchis militaris 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

soldier \sol"dier\, v. i.
   1. to serve as a soldier.
      1913 webster

   2. to make a pretense of doing something, or of performing
      any task. colloq.u.s.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense the vulgar pronounciation s=o"j~er
         is jocosely preserved.
         1913 webster

               it needs an opera glass to discover whether the
               leaders are pulling, or only soldiering. --c. d.
                                                  warner.
         1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 : serve as a soldier in the military

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

112 moby thesaurus words for "soldier":
   amazon, gi, tommy atkins, aggressive, air serviceman, ant,
   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

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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. 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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 codes: 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 codes: 66540

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

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