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soldatesque, n. and a.|sɒldəˈtɛsk|
[a. F. soldatesque (see prec. and -esque), ad. It. soldatesco military, soldatesca soldiery.]
†A. n. The military. Obs.
a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 618 The legates in Trent (now free from the Soldatesque) advised how to delay the time. Ibid. 635 The Gentry and Soldatesque of the Kingdom.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to a soldier; soldier-like, soldierly.
1840Tait's Mag. VII. 417 There was more fire and genuine soldatesque Burschicosity about this old cavalry officer than in any mad French conscript. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages 31 They were subject only to their own tribunals, and encouraged by these in a soldatesque license against civilians. |