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Military. A soldier in the fifth or sixth rank in a file of ten deep. Obsolete.
Military. In the context of manoeuvring or drilling: the middle point or portion of a body of soldiers; the middle soldier of any rank. Also in…
colloquial. Military. A soldier belonging to one of the several companies of a battalion as drawn up for battle, as opposed to a member of one of…