child soldier

noun

A child who is made to fight in a military conflict (or at least train for this).

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Meanings

nounchild soldier (plural child soldiers or (rare) children soldiers)

plural child soldiers · plural rare children soldiers

  1. A child who is made to fight in a military conflict (or at least train for this).

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 童兵
  • 童兵 (tóngbīng)minor who is put to use for military purposes
Danish børnesoldat, barnesoldat
  • børnesoldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
  • barnesoldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
Dutch kindsoldaat
  • kindsoldaatminor who is put to use for military purposes
Esperanto infansoldato
  • infansoldatominor who is put to use for military purposes
Finnish lapsisotilas
  • lapsisotilasminor who is put to use for military purposes
French enfant soldat, enfant-soldat
  • enfant soldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
  • enfant-soldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
German Kindersoldat
  • Kindersoldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
Iranian Persian کودک سرباز
  • کودک سرباز (kudak sarbâz)minor who is put to use for military purposes
Italian bambino soldato, baby soldato
  • bambino soldatominor who is put to use for military purposes
  • baby soldatominor who is put to use for military purposes
Japanese 少年兵
  • 少年兵 (shōnenhei)minor who is put to use for military purposes
Korean 소년병
  • 소년병 (sonyeonbyeong)minor who is put to use for military purposes
Norwegian Bokmål barnesoldat
  • barnesoldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
Portuguese criança-soldado, crianças-soldado
  • criança-soldadominor who is put to use for military purposes
  • crianças-soldadominor who is put to use for military purposes
Russian ребёнок-солда́т, де́ти-солда́ты
  • ребёнок-солда́т (rebjónok-soldát)minor who is put to use for military purposes
  • де́ти-солда́ты (déti-soldáty)minor who is put to use for military purposes
Spanish niño soldado
  • niño soldadominor who is put to use for military purposes
Swedish barnsoldat
  • barnsoldatminor who is put to use for military purposes
Turkish çocuk asker
  • çocuk askerminor who is put to use for military purposes
Vietnamese binh lính trẻ em
  • binh lính trẻ emminor who is put to use for military purposes
Cite this entry
APA

child soldier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20soldier

MLA

“child soldier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20soldier. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child soldier,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20soldier.

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