soldier | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Soldier
·vi To serve as a soldier. II. Soldier ·noun The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.). III. Soldie...

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soldier
or Soldier-Ant n. «one ofthat section of a colony of some kinds of ants which does thefighting, ta...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
soldier
One that has enlisted to serve his government in peace or war; receiving pay, and subject to the Mut...

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Water soldier
·- An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves. ...

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parish soldier
A jeering name for a militiaman: from substitutes being frequently hired by the parish from which on...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
poor-soldier
or Soldier-Bird (q.v.), n. another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.),and so named from its cry. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
poor soldier
See soldier-birdI. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
soldier-bird
I. or Poor Soldier,or Old-Soldier bird n. anothername for the Friar-bird (q.v.). 1859. D. Bunce,...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
soldier-crab
A name for the hermit-crab (which see). ...

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old-soldier bird
See soldier-birdI. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris