Military. A person who serves in the military in place of another who has been conscripted, esp. for a payment. Cf. quot. 1685 at phrases 1b.
A person or group relieving another on duty; esp. a soldier or body of soldiers relieving another on guard. Also (and earliest) in extended use.
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