Meanings
nounsoldiery (plural soldieries)
plural soldieries
- 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.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 790Synonyms: military personnel, troops
- The profession or skill of being a soldier.
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nounSoldiers considered as a group.
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Translations
Bulgarian войнство, войниклък
- войнство (vojnstvo)soldiers considered as a group
- войниклък (vojniklăk)the profession or skill of being a soldier
- войнишко дело (vojniško delo)the profession or skill of being a soldier
Czech vojsko, mužstvo
- vojskosoldiers considered as a group
- mužstvosoldiers considered as a group
- vojácisoldiers considered as a group
German Soldaten, Soldatinnen
- Soldatensoldiers considered as a group
- Soldatinnensoldiers considered as a group
- Heeresdienstthe profession or skill of being a soldier
- Kriegsdienstthe profession or skill of being a soldier
- Präsensdienstthe profession or skill of being a soldier
- Wehrdienstthe profession or skill of being a soldier
Latin militia
- militiasoldiers considered as a group
Turkish askerler, askerlik
- askerlersoldiers considered as a group
- askerlikthe profession or skill of being a soldier
Ukrainian во́їнство
- во́їнство (vójinstvo)soldiers considered as a group
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soldiery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soldiery
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“soldiery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soldiery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soldiery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soldiery.
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