squaddie

plural squaddies · alternative squaddy

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKslangA private in the army.

   He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.

   2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 117

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   Hard men from the high flats and off-dutie squaddies threw back their pints shoulder to shoulder in its spartan public bar.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 164