a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.

an enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer

the soldiers' mess and the officers' mess.

a person of military skill or experience

George Washington was a great soldier.

a person who contends or serves in any cause

a soldier of the Lord.

Also called button man. Slang . a low-ranking member of a crime organization or syndicate.

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 brick laid vertically with the narrower long face out. Compare rowlock ( def. 2 ) .

Informal . a person who avoids work or pretends to work; loafer; malingerer.

to act or serve as a soldier.

Informal . to loaf while pretending to work; malinger

He was soldiering on the job.

soldier on, to persist steadfastly in one's work; persevere

to soldier on until the work is done.

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