Military

• reservist

  A member of a military reserve.

• color bearer

  The soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle.

• flanker

  A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military fo...

• peacekeeper

  A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to...

• Section Eight

  A soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service.

• territorial

  Nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit.

Also contains

• cavalryman

  A soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount".

• infantryman

  Fights on foot with small arms.

• militiaman

  A member of the militia; serves only during emergencies.

• Confederate soldier

  A soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

• Highlander

  A soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands.

• rifleman

  A soldier whose weapon is a rifle.

• pistoleer

  Someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed).

• guardsman

  A soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'.

• Wac

  A member of the Women's Army Corps.

• Uriah

  (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that...

• goldbrick

  A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort.

• redcoat

  British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revo...

• ranker

  An enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces.

• Janissary

  A Turkish soldier.

• jawan

  (India) a private soldier or male constable.

• legionnaire

  A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion).

• orderly

  A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's...

• paratrooper

  A soldier in the paratroops.

• cavalryman

  A soldier in a motorized army unit.

• Anzac

  A soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I.

• man-at-arms

  A heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times.

• poilu

  A French soldier (especially in World War I).

• point man

  A soldier who goes ahead of a patrol.

• tanker

  A soldier who drives a tank.

• marine

  A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land.

• regular

  A soldier in the regular army.

• Green Beret

  A soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces.

• fodder

  Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire.

• Gurkha

  A member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known...

• Unknown Soldier

  An unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial.

More Connections

• soldiering

  Skills that are required for the life of soldier.