soldier
part of speech
noun (a soldier, soldiers); verb (soldier on)
meaning for a pupil
1) A soldier is a person who is a member of an army and is trained to fight for their country. tree →
2) To soldier on means to keep going even when things are hard or you feel ill. tree →
3) In the UK, «soldiers» are also thin strips of toast to dip into a boiled egg. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons soldiers appear in wars, castles and remembrance (Remembrance Day, Anzac Day, Veterans Day), when people remember soldiers who died. In stories they show bravery, duty and the sadness of war. Phrases: «toy soldiers», «unknown soldier», «soldier on», «egg and soldiers».
examples
- The soldier marched in the parade. tree →
- We wore poppies to remember the soldiers who died in the wars. tree →
- My great-grandad was a soldier in the Second World War. tree →
- She had a cold but soldiered on to the end of the race. tree →
- I had a boiled egg with soldiers for breakfast. tree →
- The soldiers guarded the castle gate. tree →
- He lined up his toy soldiers on the floor. tree →
- Soldiers must follow orders. tree →
- "Hail, brother!" calls out the Soldier. tree →
note
Countable: «a soldier». Pronounced SOLE-jer; spelling trap: «-dier». Related: «army», «military». Sailors are in the navy and pilots in the air force, not usually called soldiers.
In the corpora
- Euphemisms for death have many jobs: they comfort a family, honour soldiers, sell funerals and make dark jokes.
- For soldiers, words like "the fallen" and "made the ultimate sacrifice" show respect for those who died in war.
- "Nation-building" means occupying a country (moving in with soldiers and taking control) and remaking its government.
- "Soft target" means unprotected people or places, often ordinary civilians (people who are not soldiers).
- "Losses" in war reports means soldiers killed.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «soldier» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.