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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

soldat

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sohl-dah

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soldier/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le soldat a bravement défendu son pays."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who serves in an army.

    "The soldier bravely defended his country during the conflict."
  2. 2

    A person engaged in military service.

    "After years of training, she became a professional soldier."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'souldiour', which comes from Old French 'soudier', ultimately rooted in the Late Latin 'solidarius', meaning 'a soldier who receives pay' (derived from 'solidus', a Roman coin). Over centuries, the term evolved from denoting a mercenary paid in coin to the standard designation for a member of an army.

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