Meanings
adjectivesoldatesque (comparative more soldatesque, superlative most soldatesque)
comparative more soldatesque · superlative most soldatesque
- archaicsoldierly, soldierlike
As he strode down Clavering High Street, his hat on one side, his cane clanking on the pavement, or waving round him in the execution of military cuts and soldatesque manoeuvres […]
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 23, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
Origin
From French.
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