English-Thai Dictionary

soldier

N ทหาร  combatant fighter militant warrior ta-han

 

soldier

VI เป็น ทหาร  ทำหน้าที่ เป็น ทหาร  pen-ta-han

 

soldier of fortune

N ทหาร รับจ้าง  ta-han-rab-jang

 

soldier on

PHRV มุ่งมั่น ทำต่อ ไป  ยืนหยัด ต่อ  ทำงานหนัก ต่อ  mung-man-tam-tor-pai

 

soldierly

ADJ คล้าย ทหาร  อย่าง ทหาร  military militaristic klai-ta-han

 

soldiery

N กลุ่ม ทหาร  อาชีพ ทหาร  klum-ta-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOLDIER

n.soljur. [from L. solidus, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier. ] 1. A man engaged in military service; one whose occupation is military; a man enlisted for service in an army; a private, or noe in the ranks. There ought to be some time for sober reflection between the life of a soldier and his death.
2. A man enrolled for service, when on duty or embodied for military discipline; a private; as a militia soldier.
3. Emphatically, a brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor. In this sense, an officer of any grade may be denominated a soldier.

 

SOLDIERESS

n.A female soldier. [Not in use. ]

 

SOLDIERLIKE, SOLDIERLY

a.Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable.

 

SOLDIERSHIP

n.Military qulities; military character or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.

 

SOLDIERY

n. 1. Soldiers collectively; the body of military men. I charge not the soldiery with ignorance and contempt of learning, without exception.
2. Soldiership; military service.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOLDIER

Sol "dier, n. Etym: [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. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. Shak.

 

2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. Spenser.

 

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.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng. ]

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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. Soldier beetle (Zoöl.), an American carabid beetle (Chauliognathus Americanus ) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. -- Soldier bug (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.) (a ) The hermit crab. (b ) The fiddler crab. -- Soldier fish (Zoöl.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish (Etheostoma coeruleum ) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter. -- Soldier fly (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 ).

 

SOLDIER

SOLDIER Sol "dier, v. i.

 

1. To serve as a soldier.

 

2. To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task. [Colloq. U.S.]

 

Note: In this sense the vulgar pronounciation (so "jer ) is jocosely preserved. It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling, or only soldiering. C. D. Warner.

 

SOLDIERESS

SOLDIERESS Sol "dier *ess, n.

 

Defn: A female soldier. [Obs. ]

 

SOLDIERING

SOLDIERING Sol "dier *ing, n.

 

1. The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.

 

2. The act of feigning to work. See the Note under Soldier, v. i., 2. [Colloq. U.S.]

 

SOLDIERLIKE

SOLDIERLIKE Sol "dier *like ", a.

 

Defn: Like a soldier; soldierly.

 

SOLDIERLY

SOLDIERLY Sol "dier *ly, a.

 

Defn: Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike. "Soldierly discipline. " Sir P. Sidney.

 

SOLDIERSHIP

SOLDIERSHIP Sol "dier *ship, n.

 

Defn: Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. [R.] Shak.

 

SOLDIERWOOD

SOLDIERWOOD Sol "dier *wood `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea ) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

 

SOLDIERY

SOLDIERY Sol "dier *y, n.

 

1. A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military. A camp of faithful soldiery. Milton.

 

2. Military service. [Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

soldier

sol dier |ˈsōljər ˈsoʊlʤər | ▶noun 1 a person who serves in an army. • (also common soldier or private soldier ) a private in an army. 2 Entomology a wingless caste of ant or termite with a large specially modified head and jaws, involved chiefly in defense. 3 Brit. informal a strip of bread or toast, used for dipping into a soft-boiled egg. • [ usu. as modifier ] an upright brick, timber, or other building element. ▶verb [ no obj. ] serve as a soldier: (as noun soldiering ) : soldiering was what the colonel understood. • (soldier on ) informal carry on doggedly; persevere: Gary wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on. • informal work more slowly than one's capacity; loaf or malinger: is it the reason you've been soldiering on the job? DERIVATIVES sol dier ly adjective, sol dier ship |-ˌSHip |noun ( archaic )ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French soldier, from soulde ‘(soldier's ) pay, ’ from Latin solidus (see solidus ). The verb dates from the early 17th cent.

 

soldier beetle

sol dier bee tle ▶noun an elongated flying beetle with soft downy wing cases, typically found on flowers where it hunts other insects. [Family Cantharidae: several genera. ]

 

soldierfish

sol dier fish |ˈsōljərˌfiSH ˈsoʊldʒərˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or soldierfishes ) a squirrelfish that is typically bright red in color. [Several genera and species in the family Holocentridae. ]

 

soldier fly

sol dier fly ▶noun a bright metallic fly with a flattened body, frequently basking in the sun with its wings folded flat over the body. [Family Stratiomyidae: many genera. ]

 

soldier of Christ

sol |dier of Christ ▶noun an active or proselytizing Christian.

 

soldier of fortune

sol dier of for tune |ˈsoʊlʤər əv | ▶noun a person who works as a soldier for any country or group that will pay them; a mercenary.

 

soldiery

sol dier y |ˈsōljərē ˈsoʊlʤ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. soldieries ) soldiers collectively: the town was filled with disbanded soldiery. • military training or knowledge: the arts of soldiery.

 

Oxford Dictionary

soldier

sol |dier |ˈsəʊldʒə | ▶noun 1 a person who serves in an army. • (also common soldier or private soldier ) a private in an army. 2 Entomology a wingless caste of ant or termite with a large specially modified head and jaws, involved chiefly in defence. 3 Brit. informal a strip of bread or toast, used for dipping into a soft-boiled egg. 4 [ usu. as modifier ] an upright brick, timber, or other building element. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 serve as a soldier: (as noun soldiering ) : soldiering was what the Colonel understood. 2 (soldier on ) informal carry on doggedly; persevere: Graham wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on. DERIVATIVES soldierly adjective, soldiership noun ( archaic )ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French soldier, from soulde ‘(soldier's ) pay ’, from Latin solidus (see solidus ). The verb dates from the early 17th cent.

 

soldier beetle

sol |dier bee ¦tle ▶noun an elongated flying beetle with soft downy wing cases, typically found on flowers, where it hunts other insects. ●Family Cantharidae: several genera.

 

soldierfish

sol ¦dier |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or soldierfishes ) a squirrelfish that is typically bright red in colour. ●Several genera and species in the family Holocentridae.

 

soldier fly

sol |dier fly ▶noun a bright metallic fly with a flattened body, which frequently basks in the sun with its wings folded flat over the body. ●Family Stratiomyidae: many genera.

 

soldier of Christ

sol |dier of Christ ▶noun an active or proselytizing Christian.

 

soldier of fortune

sol |dier of for |tune ▶noun a person who works as a soldier for any country or group that will pay them; a mercenary.

 

soldiery

sol |diery |ˈsəʊldʒ (ə )ri | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] soldiers collectively: the town was filled with disbanded soldiery. • [ mass noun ] military training or knowledge: the arts of soldiery.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

soldier

soldier noun her daddy was a soldier in the Continental Army: fighter, trooper, serviceman, servicewoman; warrior; GI; peacekeeper; archaic man-at-arms. PHRASES soldier on informal See persevere. WORD LINKS military relating to soldiers Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

soldier

soldier noun thirty soldiers died during the operation: fighter, serviceman, servicewoman, fighting man, fighting woman, comrade-in-arms, warrior, trooper; (soldiers ) cannon fodder; in the US GI, enlisted man; Brit. informal squaddie; Brit. military slang pongo; archaic man-at-arms. ▶verb PHRASES soldier on informal Graham wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on: persevere, persist, carry on doggedly, keep on, keep going, not give up, struggle on, hammer away, be persistent, be determined, see /follow something through, keep at it, show determination, press on /ahead, stay with something, not take no for an answer, be tenacious, be pertinacious, stand one's ground, stand fast /firm, hold on, hold out, go the distance, stay the course, plod on, plough on, grind away; informal hang on, plug away, peg away, stick to one's guns, stick at it, stick it out, hang in there, bash on. WORD LINKS soldier military relating to soldiers Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

soldier

sol dier /sóʊldʒə r / (! -dierは /dʒə r /) 〖語源は 「給料をもらって戦う人 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (陸軍の )軍人 , 兵隊 (!将校から兵士までを含む; 海軍軍人はsailor ) ▸ soldiers and civilians 軍人と民間人 ▸ toy [tin ] soldiers おもちゃ [ブリキ ]の兵隊 ▸ play (at ) soldiers 兵隊ごっこをやる ▸ Old soldiers never die, they only fade away .老兵は死なず, ただ去りゆくのみ 〘D. MacArthurが引用した歌の一節 〙▸ a fellow soldier 戦友 2 兵 , 兵卒 , 兵士 (!士官でない者をさす ) ▸ officers and soldiers 将兵 ▸ a private [common ] soldier 兵卒 3 〖通例 形容詞 を伴って 〗(歴戦の )名将 , 指揮官, 将軍 ▸ a great [poor ] soldier 名将 [無能な指揮官 ]4 (主義 主張のために闘う )戦士 , 闘士 ▸ a Christian soldier ≒a soldier of Christ キリスト教の戦士 〘伝道挺身 （ていしん ）者 〙▸ soldiers of the free press 報道の自由のために戦う闘士 5 〘虫 〙兵隊アリ (soldier ant ).動詞 自動詞 1 兵役につく , 軍隊生活を送る .2 (仕事をしているふりをして )サボる ; 仮病を使う .s ò ldier ó n ｟主に英 ｠〈人が 〉 (困難なことなどをあきらめずに )やり続ける, がんばる .～̀ of f ó rtune ｟文 ｠(金をもらって戦う )傭兵 （ようへい ）, 雇われ軍人 (mercenary ).～ing /-dʒ (ə )rɪŋ /名詞 U 軍隊生活, 兵役 .

 

soldierly

s ó l dier ly 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗軍人らしい, 勇ましい 〈態度 服装など 〉.

 

soldiery

sol dier y /sóʊldʒ (ə )ri /名詞 U 1 ｟文 ｠〖集合的に; 単複両扱い 〗軍人, 軍隊 .2 軍人の職 ; 軍事教練, 軍事知識 .