| 单词 | private soldier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate soldier private soldier n. an ordinary soldier of the lowest rank; = sense C. 10; cf. common soldier n. at common adj. and adv. Compounds 2. 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 1566 W. Painter tr. O. Landi Delectable Demaundes iii. f. 68 He knewe well that by his natiuitie, he was appointed to be generall of armies, and not a simple souldior: wherfore he behaued him selfe according to the Maiestie of that office, and not like a priuate souldior. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 152 They can doe no more than Privat Souldiors. 1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 192 Pretending..to keep the private soldiers, for they would no longer be called common soldiers, from running into greater extravagancies and disorders. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. iv. 177 A man, in the habit of a private soldier, threw himself prostrate across his way, crying, ‘Mercy! O great king! have mercy on the sufferings of a wretch in despair, and shew yourself the substitute of heaven by impartial justice.’ 1898 E. J. Hardy in United Service Mag. Mar. 646 Another expression, which is far more objectionable [than the name ‘Tommy Atkins’], is to speak of a ‘common soldier’ instead of a private soldier. 1992 G. M. Fraser Quartered Safe out Here p. xiv I must emphasise that at private soldier level you frequently have no idea where you are, or precisely how you got there, let alone why. < as lemmas |
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