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单词 dogfaces
释义

dogface

noun

dog·​face ˈdȯg-ˌfās How to pronounce dogface (audio)
: soldier
especially : infantryman

Synonyms

  • fighter
  • legionary
  • legionnaire
  • man-at-arms
  • regular
  • serviceman
  • soldier
  • trooper
  • warrior
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Example Sentences

during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface
Recent Examples on the Web Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021 But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021 He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami. Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

dogfaces

noun

plural of dogface
as in soldiers
a person engaged in military service during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • soldiers
  • warriors
  • fighters
  • marines
  • troopers
  • veterans
  • raiders
  • servicemen
  • legionnaires
  • rangers
  • legionaries
  • recruits
  • dragoons
  • regulars
  • knights
  • musketeers
  • doughboys
  • infantrymen
  • partisans
  • conscripts
  • men-at-arms
  • cavalrymen
  • combatants
  • riflemen
  • cavaliers
  • carabiniers
  • grunts
  • servicewomen
  • jarheads
  • carabineers
  • artillerymen
  • guerrillas
  • cuirassiers
  • commandos
  • guardsmen
  • foot soldiers
  • commandoes
  • cannoneers
  • Confederates
  • gunners
  • archers
  • lancers
  • militiamen
  • pikemen
  • footmen
  • minutemen
  • crossbowmen
  • irregulars
  • guerillas
  • noncombatants
  • draftees
  • reservists
  • paramilitaries
  • GIs
  • spearmen
  • champions
  • warhorses
  • gendarmes
  • counterguerillas
  • Continentals
  • partizans
  • mortarmen
  • enrollees
  • diggers
  • counterguerrillas
  • lifers
  • Federals
  • gallowglasses
  • GI's

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • civilians
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