| 单词 | common soldier |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon soldier common soldier n. now chiefly historical an ordinary soldier of the lowest rank; cf. private soldier n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] soldiera1300 sergeantc1300 private soldier1566 common soldier1569 private man1651 man1690 (private) centinel1710 single sentinel1721 private1775 single soldier1816 troop1832 ranksman1845 dog soldier1852 ranker1890 other rank1904 mucko1917 squaddie1933 craftsman1942 peon1957 grunt1969 troopie1972 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 506 There were taken prisoners..two hundred Gentlemen, besides common Souldiours. 1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 192 Pretending..to keep the private Souldiers, for they would no longer be called Common Souldiers, from running into greater Extravagancies and Disorders. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. x. 188 Our common soldiers are such a low rascally set of people. 1847 Harbinger 20 Feb. 161/2 Common soldiers—cannon fodder, who correspond to the bailiffs in the civil warfare. 1985 S. Penman Here be Dragons i. xxxiii. 425 While Norman knights and men of rank were routinely ransomed, it was not unheard of to mutilate common soldiers, thus rendering them unfit for further combat. 2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare Introd. 4 With the arrival of industrialised warfare the common soldier and the civilian victim..replaced the prince and the commander as central figures in the interpretation of war in western art. < as lemmas |
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