Meanings
nountin soldier (plural tin soldiers)
plural tin soldiers
- A toy soldier made out of tin.
- derogatoryOne who only plays at being a soldier.
By officers and men he was regarded as a tin soldier; by the church people generally, because of Parson Alvord's newspaper articles, he was thought to be a great hero.
1963, William Gates Le Duc, Recollections of a Civil War Quartermaster, page 98
Translations
Bulgarian оловен войник
- оловен войник (oloven vojnik)toy soldier
Chinese Mandarin 錫兵 /锡兵
- 錫兵 /锡兵 (xī bīng)toy soldier
Danish tinsoldat
- tinsoldattoy soldier
Estonian tinasõdur
- tinasõdurtoy soldier
Finnish tinasotilas, tinasotamies
- tinasotilastoy soldier
- tinasotamiestoy soldier
French soldat de plomb
- soldat de plombtoy soldier
German Zinnsoldat
- Zinnsoldattoy soldier
Hungarian ólomkatona
- ólomkatonatoy soldier
Icelandic tindáti
- tindátitoy soldier
Japanese スズの兵隊, ブリキの兵隊
- スズの兵隊 (suzu no heitai)toy soldier
- ブリキの兵隊 (buriki no heitai)toy soldier
Norwegian Bokmål tinnsoldat
- tinnsoldattoy soldier
Polish żołnierzyk
- żołnierzyktoy soldier
Portuguese soldadinho de chumbo
- soldadinho de chumbotoy soldier
Russian оловя́нный солда́тик
- оловя́нный солда́тик (olovjánnyj soldátik)toy soldier
Swedish tennsoldat
- tennsoldattoy soldier
Turkish kurşun asker
- kurşun askertoy soldier
Cite this entry
APA
tin soldier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20soldier
MLA
“tin soldier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20soldier. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tin soldier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20soldier.
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