单词 | train soldier |
释义 | † train soldiern.1 Obsolete. A soldier belonging to a trainband or the militia, and not forming part of the standing army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > militiaman trainer1581 train soldier1630 trainman1633 militiaman1668 tame jolly1867 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 329 The Garrison Souldier hath one and twenty shillings a moneth, the traine Souldier nothing. 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes App. 25 I William Deane of the City of Bristoll, Baker, lately one of the Traine Souldiers there. 1704 S. Carter Treat. conc. Trespasses viii. 105 One Train-Soldier hurts another in Skirmishing, and the Defendant pleads that casualiter & per infortunium, & contra voluntatem suam in discharging of his Piece he did hurt and wound the Plaintiff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). train soldiern.2 Military (now historical). A soldier serving as part of a train of artillery, supplies, etc. Cf. train n.2 10. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others artificera1553 man-catcher1649 stormer1655 sallier1685 pressmana1694 camp colour-man1753 sharpshooter1802 train soldier1833 escalader1849 adviser1854 outflanker1854 observer1870 spiker1884 mopper-up1917 slushy1919 wire-cutter1922 televisionary1925 flash-spotter1930 spotter1931 parashooter1940 parashot1940 bunker buster1944 sound-ranger1978 yomper1982 technical1992 1833 United Service Jrnl. May 24 The train comprises—1st Those train men ordered from the troops of the line. 2d The train soldiers and workmen of the train columns. 3d The train soldiers of regiments. 1849 Colburn's United Service Mag. July 431 Each pair of horses is led by a train soldier, mounted on a third horse. 1874 Harper's New Monthly Mag. June 103/1 As a minimum organization it [sc. a train battalion] consists of—1. Five provision columns, each made up of 2 officers, 1 paymaster, 27 soldiers, 74 train soldiers and mechanics, 1 veterinary surgeon, 164 horses, 32 wagons. 1910 Mil. Surgeon 26 476 A train soldier presented an hysterical kyphosis, which could only be removed temporarily by suggestion under deep hypnosis. 2006 R. B. Manning Apprenticeship in Arms 138 They..expected the train-soldiers to demonstrate competence. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11630n.21833 |
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