Soldier

sōl′jėr, n. a man engaged in military service: a private, as distinguished from an officer: a man of much military experience or of great valour: a soldier-ant, beetle, hermit-crab, .: ( slang ) a red herring.— v.i. to serve as a soldier: to bully: to shirk one's work or duty: ( slang ) to take a mount on another man's horse.— ns. Sol′dier-crab , a hermit-crab; Sol′diering , the state of being a soldier: the occupation of a soldier.— adjs. Sol′dier-like , Sol′dierly , like a soldier: martial: brave.— ns. Sol′dier-of-for′tune , one ready to serve anywhere for pay or his own advancement; Sol′diership , state or quality of being a soldier: military qualities: martial skill; Sol′diery , soldiers collectively: the body of military men; Fresh′water-sol′dier , the Stratiotes aloides , a European aquatic plant with sword-shaped leaves.— Come the old soldier over one , to impose on any one.— Old soldier , a bottle emptied at a sitting: a cigar-stump. [O. Fr. soldier (Fr. sold at )—L. solidus , a piece of money, the pay of a soldier.]