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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sol•dier•ly (sōl′jər lē),USA pronunciation adj. - Militaryof, like, or befitting a soldier.
sol′dier•li•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈsoldierly /ˈsəʊldʒəlɪ/ adj - of or befitting a good soldier
sol•dier /ˈsoʊldʒɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militaryone who works or has worked in military service.
- Militaryan enlisted person, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- a low-ranking member of a crime organization.
- Insectsa member of certain insect groups whose job is to defend the colony from invaders.
v. [no object] - soldier on, to continue forward in spite of difficulty or hardship;
persist:He soldiered on and finally got his bachelor's degree.
sol•dier•ly, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sol•dier (sōl′jər),USA pronunciation n. - Militarya person who serves in an army;
a person engaged in military service. - Militaryan enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer:the soldiers' mess and the officers' mess.
- Militarya person of military skill or experience:George Washington was a great soldier.
- a person who contends or serves in any cause:a soldier of the Lord.
- Sociology, Slang TermsAlso called button man. [Slang.]a low-ranking member of a crime organization or syndicate.
- Insects[Entomol.]a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped female ants or termites specialized, as with powerful jaws, to defend the colony from invaders.
- Buildinga brick laid vertically with the narrower long face out. Cf. rowlock (def. 2).
- Informal Termsa person who avoids work or pretends to work;
loafer;
malingerer.
v.i. - to act or serve as a soldier.
- [Informal.]to loaf while pretending to work;
malinger:He was soldiering on the job. - soldier on, to persist steadfastly in one's work;
persevere:to soldier on until the work is done.
- Latin solidus; see sol2) + -ier -ier2
- Old French soudier, so(l)dier, equivalent. to soulde pay (
- Middle English souldiour 1250–1300
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