单词 | dog soldier |
释义 | dog soldiern. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. Chiefly with capital initials. A member of any of various (elite) military societies among certain North American Indian peoples of the Great Plains. Also occasionally in extended use: a Plains Indian warrior, esp. one regarded as hostile or uncompromising. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1846 denoting a warrior belonging to such a society among the Brulé Sioux who undertakes policing duties. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > American dog soldier1846 Sammy1917 jarhead1931 G.I. Joe1942 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. x. 94 A dog-soldier of the Burnt-thighs. 1867 N.Y. Times 29 Aug. 2/4 The villages destroyed were not those of the friendly Cheyennes..but of the Dog Soldiers, the so-called chivalry of the Cheyennes. 1905 G. A. Dorsey Cheyenne 20 The Dog-Men society, termed by the white men ‘Dog-Soldier’ society, is the largest society among the Cheyenne. 1911 Washington Post 16 Apr. 4/2 Long months of scouting after the renegade dog soldiers, the most terrible marauders of their time. 1993 S. Hoig Tribal Wars Southern Plains xviii. 286 The guilty warriors took refuge on the Washita with bands controlled by the Dog Soldiers. 2000 Okla. Indian Times 31 Dec. b3 ‘We've had enough of this corrupt way of government,’ said Floyd Hand, a burly veteran of Vietnam..and a leader of the Tokala, Oglala dog soldiers whose role in traditional society is to defend the people. 2. Military colloquial. A soldier of low rank; an infantry soldier, a ‘grunt’. Cf. dogface n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] soldiera1300 sergeantc1300 private soldier1566 common soldier1569 private man1651 man1690 (private) centinel1710 single sentinel1721 private1775 single soldier1816 troop1832 ranksman1845 dog soldier1852 ranker1890 other rank1904 mucko1917 squaddie1933 craftsman1942 peon1957 grunt1969 troopie1972 1852 P. Horry & M. L. Weems Life Gen. Francis Marion 63 You give-a vun poor dog soldier, two, three, four penny a day, he go fight—he get kill. 1917 Internat. Socialist Rev. Mar. 532/1 Those Harvard students..all want to be officers. They wish to carry ten-ounce swords and command the workers, who enlist as dog-soldiers, to carry fifty-pound packs on their backs. 1983 P. Goldman et al. Charlie Company 12 The doughboys of World War I and the dog soldiers of World War II commonly served longer tours under more sustained fire. 1991 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 6 Mar. a1 Front-line troops. These dog soldiers often feel the challenges they face are not fully appreciated by those farther back. 2007 P. Sarver New Jersey Day Trips 104 A continuous movie shows ‘testaments’ from various viewpoints—dog soldiers, officers, commanders. 3. A dog used by the military, esp. in active combat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > miscellaneous types of dancer1576 truffle dog1760 truffler1783 truffle hound1796 pack dog1844 war-dog1852 dog soldier1869 guide dog1932 sniffer dog1964 emotional support dog1993 1869 M. L. Sleeper in Merry's Mus. Apr. 163 (heading) Vige, the Dog-Soldier. 1889 Harper's Young People 24 Dec. 131/1 He detached from his own uniform the cross of the Legion of Honor, and hung it around the dog's neck amid thundering cheers from the assembled troopers, who declared..that this decoration had been fairly won by their ‘Dog-Soldier’. 1918 in B. M. Sheridan Liberty Reader 79 Red Cross dog heroes... They are so valuable that special military hospitals are kept for dog-soldiers, wounded in battle. 1944 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 23 Feb. 5/1 (heading) Dog soldiers learn to smell their way to Tokio on isolated tropic isle. 2008 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 3 Apr. re10 About 2,300 dog soldiers specially trained for their tasks sniff out explosives and narcotics. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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