mud-crushern.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdˌkrʌʃə/, U.S.

/ˈmədˌkrəʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, crusher n.

Etymology: < mud n.¹ + crusher n.

U.S. Army slang.

An infantryman. Cf. mud-slogger n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier

footmanc1325

page?a1400

pieton?1473

foot soldier1587

rondache1607

peon1609

tolpatch1705

foot wobbler1785

wobbler1785

doughboy1835

fantassin1835

mud-crusher1864

web foot1866

grabby1868

infantryman1883

flat-foot1889

gravel-crusher1889

foot-slogger1894

PBI1916

mud-slogger1936

infanteer1944

leg1969

1864 J. Horrocks Let. in A. S. Lewis My Dear Parents (1982) 84 The mud-crushers (or infantry) must be quite envious to see such as me and other mounted gentlemen gallop past them.

1893 G. Chesney Lesters I. i. xi. 142 ‘You are too good to be a mud-crusher, Tommy,’ said the Major of the regiment patronisingly.

1930 L. H. Nason Corporal Once 277 You mean I got to hike all day on foot like a god-damned mud-crusher?

1994 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 21 Aug. 8 The history of war is the history of mud, of soldiers (who were once called mud-crushers) crawling through it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mud-crusher
释义	mud-crushern. Brit. /ˈmʌdˌkrʌʃə/, U.S. /ˈmədˌkrəʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, crusher n. Etymology: < mud n.¹ + crusher n. U.S. Army slang. An infantryman. Cf. mud-slogger n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier footmanc1325 page?a1400 pieton?1473 foot soldier1587 rondache1607 peon1609 tolpatch1705 foot wobbler1785 wobbler1785 doughboy1835 fantassin1835 mud-crusher1864 web foot1866 grabby1868 infantryman1883 flat-foot1889 gravel-crusher1889 foot-slogger1894 PBI1916 mud-slogger1936 infanteer1944 leg1969 1864 J. Horrocks Let. in A. S. Lewis My Dear Parents (1982) 84 The mud-crushers (or infantry) must be quite envious to see such as me and other mounted gentlemen gallop past them. 1893 G. Chesney Lesters I. i. xi. 142 ‘You are too good to be a mud-crusher, Tommy,’ said the Major of the regiment patronisingly. 1930 L. H. Nason Corporal Once 277 You mean I got to hike all day on foot like a god-damned mud-crusher? 1994 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 21 Aug. 8 The history of war is the history of mud, of soldiers (who were once called mud-crushers) crawling through it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864
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