A horseman forming one of a body of cavalry which formerly constituted an important part of the Turkish army and was to some extent organized on a…

A member of a legion; esp. (frequently with capital initial) a member of a named legion, as the American Legion, the Royal British Legion, or the…

A soldier belonging to a body of Russian troops composed of infantry raised by the Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1533–84) and abolished by Peter the…

A member of any of various light cavalry regiments composed (originally or primarily) of Croats. Now historical.

A member of a former light cavalry unit within the Turkish infantry that served as the vizier's personal retinue and acted as a shock troop.

A native or inhabitant of Croatia, a country in south-eastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea; (in some historical contexts) a member…

A (cavalry) soldier armed with a lance; now only, a soldier belonging to one of certain regiments officially called Lancers.

Chiefly with capital initial. Military. A member of a Highland regiment or other military unit originally composed of Highlanders (sense 1a) or…

plural. The name given to the proverbially cruel and rapacious soldiers of Col. Kirke's regiment in 1684–6, in ironical allusion to the device of…

In plural. The members of the former Royal Scots Regiment of the British army.

(A nickname for) a soldier in a light infantry company. Also in plural with the and capital initial: (a nickname for) a particular regiment of the…

(see quot.).

a soldier belonging to the Life Guards.

In plural. The members of the former Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) regiment of the British army. Now historical except in Blues and Royals n. at blue…

South African. A member of the Hottentot Corps (later the Cape Corps), a military corps of Khoekhoe soldiers; spec. = pandour, n. 2. Now historical.

spec. A member of the (Imperial) Yeomanry: see yeomanry, n. 3.

South African. A member of a chiefly Khoekhoe regiment established in 1793 by the Dutch East India Company for the defence of the Cape of Good…

In plural, the nickname of the Royal Irish Fusiliers (formerly the 87th Foot). Also elliptical, as Faughs n.

attributive in forty-two man n., a man of the 42nd regiment.

One who wears a kilt; esp. a nickname for a Highland soldier. Also, attributive and as adj.

One of a body of light infantry in the French army, originally recruited from the Algerian Kabyle tribe of Zouaoua, but afterwards composed of French…

English regional (north-eastern) depreciative. A member of the Newcastle Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry (see yeomanry, n. 3). Obsolete.

a member of this regiment.

Military slang (now historical). Originally: a soldier belonging to the Royal Madras Fusiliers; (later) a soldier belonging to the Royal Dublin…

One of a body of native Algerian light infantry in the French army; a Zouave soldier. Also attributive or adj.

= Zouave, n. 1.

colloquial. Chiefly in plural. (A nickname for) a soldier of the Royal Engineers.

British Army. Now usually as one word. Originally: a member of the King's Regiment (now historical). In later use usually spec.: (a title for) a…

In specific uses. Sometimes as an abbreviation of the fuller names treated at compounds 1. British slang (originally and chiefly Military). (A…

A member of the Punjab Irregular Frontier Force, a military unit raised in 1849 chiefly for the purpose of controlling the North-West Frontier of…

A member of a select infantry regiment in the Greek army, originally recruited from the Greek highlands and conspicuous for their uniform which…

big gunner, handgunner, etc.: one who attends to a big gun, a handgun, etc. horse gunner: a member of the Royal Horse Artillery.

= dinkum, n. adj.adv.

(originally) a member of the army engaged in protective or non-combat duties in a particular area (cf. ranger, n.1 5a); (now) spec. a member of…

A soldier of Napoleon's Old Guard. Also transferred, a veteran soldier.

slang. (A nickname for) a Scottish person, esp. a Scottish man. Frequently spec.: a Scottish soldier; a member of a Scottish regiment. Occasionally…

Australian (originally depreciative). In the First World War (1914–18): a soldier in the 8th Infantry Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force…

Military slang (usually depreciative or derogatory). A member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps expeditionary force in the First World War…

An Australian or New Zealand soldier in the First World War (1914–18); an Anzac; spec. (frequently in plural, with the) a member of either the…

A member of any later combined Australian and New Zealand force, esp. one of those active in the First World War (1914–18) or Second World War…

Australian (originally depreciative). In the First World War (1914–18): a soldier in the 8th Infantry Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force…

Chiefly U.S. With capital initial. A member of an elite American military unit specially trained for close combat and raiding; = commando, n. 3a.

A member of an Allied force fighting behind Japanese lines in Burma (Myanmar) during the Second World War (1939–45).

a soldier of the 7th (British) armoured division, whose divisional sign was the figure of a jerboa, and which took part in the desert campaign in…

a member of one of the special operations forces having a green beret as part of their uniform, esp. those in the British Army (the Commandos)…