soldiery

C2 Topic:War & Conflict
UK /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/
noun Freq #101235

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Soldiers considered as a group.

    Now they could see the point of having a uniformed driver to conduct them, for he would bear the brunt of such encounters with the soldiery.

  2. 2
    noun

    soldiers collectively

  3. 3
    noun

    The profession or skill of being a soldier.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · soldiers considered as a... military personneltroops
2 noun · soldiers collectively military personnel
Word family
Derived forms footsoldiery

Etymology

From soldier + -y.

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