common+soldier

  • 1common soldier — regular soldier, soldier of average rank and duty …

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  • 2common soldier — noun an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines (Freq. 1) our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value • Syn: ↑private, ↑buck private • Hypernyms: ↑enlisted man …

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  • 3Just A Common Soldier — Just A Common Soldier, also known as A Soldier Died Today, is one of the most popular poems on the Internet [http://iwvpa.net/vaincourtal/index.php] . Published in 1987 by A. Lawrence Vaincourt [http://www.vaincourt.homestead.com] , it now… …

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  • 4soldier — ► NOUN 1) a person who serves in an army. 2) (also common soldier or private soldier) a private in an army. 3) Brit. informal a strip of bread or toast, dipped into a soft boiled egg. ► VERB 1) serve as a soldier. 2) …

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  • 5common — adj 1 *universal, general, generic Analogous words: shared, partaken, participated (see SHARE vb): joined or joint, united, conjoined, connected, associated (see corresponding verbs at JOIN): merged, blended, amalgamated (see MIX) Antonyms:… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 6common — [käm′ən] adj. [ME commun < OFr comun < L communis (OL comoinis), shared by all or many < IE * kom moini , common (< * kom,COM + * moini , achievement < base * mei , to exchange, barter) > OE gemæne, public, general, Ger gemein:… …

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  • 7common — adj. & n. adj. (commoner, commonest) 1 a occurring often (a common mistake). b ordinary; of ordinary qualities; without special rank or position (no common mind; common soldier; the common people). 2 a shared by, coming from, or done by, more… …

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  • 8soldier — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brave, fine, good, great ▪ The president paid tribute to the brave soldiers who had lost their lives. ▪ trained ▪ experienced …

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  • 9soldier — n. & v. n. 1 a person serving in or having served in an army. 2 (in full common soldier) a private or NCO in an army. 3 a military commander of specified ability (a great soldier). 4 (in full soldier ant) a wingless ant or termite with a large… …

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  • 10soldier beetle — ▪ insect       any member of the approximately 3,500 species of the widely distributed insect family Cantharidae (order Coleoptera). These slender, soft bodied beetles are brown or black and trimmed like a soldier s uniform with red, yellow, or… …

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