soldiership

sol·dier

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Definitions of soldiership word

noun soldiership a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service. 1
noun soldiership an enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer: the soldiers' mess and the officers' mess. 1
noun soldiership a person of military skill or experience: George Washington was a great soldier. 1
noun soldiership a person who contends or serves in any cause: a soldier of the Lord. 1
noun soldiership Also called button man. Slang. a low-ranking member of a crime organization or syndicate. 1
noun soldiership Entomology. a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped female ants or termites specialized, as with powerful jaws, to defend the colony from invaders. a similar member of a caste of worker bees, specialized to protect the hive. 1

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English souldiour < Old French soudier, so(l)dier, equivalent to soulde pay (< Latin solidus; see sol2) + -ier -ier2

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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