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Definition: Soldier |
SoldierNoun1. An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention". 2. A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony. Verb1. Serve as a soldier in the military. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "soldier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Soldier \Sol"dier\, noun. [Old English souldier, soudiour, souder, Old French soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, from Latin solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), from solidus solid. See Solid, and compare to Sold, noun]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A vertical member comprising the outer, supporting construction in a wall form; an horizontal stud can be called a wale. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Soldier originally meant a hireling or mercenary; one paid a solidus for military service; but hireling and soldier convey now very different ideas. (See above.) To come the old soldier over one. To dictate peremptorily and profess superiority of knowledge and experience. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Metallurgy | Thin piece of wood used to strengthen a body of sand or to hold it in place during stripping. Source: European Union. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (bokorugró ). (references) |
Slang in 1811 | SOLDIER. A red herring. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or was drafted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its "interests". Soldiers usually act in strictly hierarchical societies called armies. Infantry are soldiers who specialize in ground combat. Not all soldiers are infantry, but all infantry are soldiers.
A pre-modern soldier is also called a warrior, often with the additional qualities of valour and honour, proclaimed by himself or by his peer.
Soldiers in fiction
- Jaroslav Hašek: The Good Soldier Svejk
- Rebecca West: The Return of the Soldier
See also
- guerrilla
- combatant
- infantry
- mercenary
- military history
- military science
- laws of war
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Soldier is a city located in Monona County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 207.Geography
Soldier is located at 41°59'5" North, 95°46'48" West (41.984598, -95.779916)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 207 people, 103 households, and 59 families residing in the city. The population density is 266.4/km² (696.6/mi²). There are 113 housing units at an average density of 145.4/km² (380.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.55% White, 0.00% African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 103 households out of which 16.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% are married couples living together, 5.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% are non-families. 37.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.01 and the average family size is 2.49. In the city the population is spread out with 17.9% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 30.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 49 years. For every 100 females there are 83.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $22,344, and the median income for a family is $37,841. Males have a median income of $24,479 versus $14,375 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,877. 16.8% of the population and 7.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 23.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Soldier, Iowa."
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Soldier is a city located in Jackson County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 122.Geography
Soldier is located at 39°32'12" North, 95°57'53" West (39.536792, -95.964849)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 122 people, 45 households, and 31 families residing in the city. The population density is 314.0/km² (800.6/mi²). There are 58 housing units at an average density of 149.3/km² (380.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 81.15% White, 0.00% African American, 15.57% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 3.28% from two or more races. 6.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 45 households out of which 37.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% are married couples living together, 17.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 31.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.71 and the average family size is 3.35. In the city the population is spread out with 32.0% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $18,750, and the median income for a family is $46,000. Males have a median income of $25,417 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,768. 21.2% of the population and 11.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 23.1% are under the age of 18 and 42.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Soldier, Kansas."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Mercenary, soldier of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger; bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian. |
Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman. | |
Horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan,mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier; Foot Guards, Horse Guards. | |
Hit man, torpedo, soldier. | |
Warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent; campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput. | |
Proficient | Veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world. |
Pungency | Nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I -- I won't marry you because I don't want to be the wife of a soldier. (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) I'm talking about your weapon, soldier. Now Delta or no-Delta, that's still a hot weapon (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan) I also recognize your brand of soldier. (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz) You took your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, destroyed my palace and you have saved us all. (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao) Look soldier, you don't like me, and I don't like you. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | He tried to be a soldier once (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg) I'll be standing like a soldier for you (I Will Wait; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) Do you wanna be a soldier and fight for love (Burn; performing artist: Jo Dee Messina) He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone (18 And Life; performing artist: Skid Row) Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailors lives (DANDELION; performing artist: The Rolling Stones) | |
Clever | I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Soldier Boys Welcome Home (1972) Winter Soldier (1972) Universal Soldier (1971) Soldier Blue (1970) Career Soldier (1960) | |
Song Titles | Wife of the Soldier, The (performing artist: Steeleye Span) Soldier Boy (performing artist: The Shirelles) | |
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Two spirochetes bound to a 0.2 µm filter. Strain RGA was isolated in 1915 by Uhlenhuth and Fromme from the blood of a soldier in Belgium. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | A soldier comforts a grief-stricken American infantryman whose buddy had been killed in action. In the background, a corpsman methodically fills out casualty forms in the Haktong-ni area, Korea, Aug. 28, 1950. (P.; photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Al Chang).. | |
![]() | Formosan Subterranean soldier termites (darker heads and mandibles) and worker termites in test tubes. The white disks at the bottom of the tubes contain different insecticides to guage their tolerance level. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | A Mexican bean beetle larva-a devastating pest of snap and soybeans-becomes a meal for the spined soldier bug instead. Credit: USDA ARS News. |
Pioneer festival scene--a soldier. Credit: BLM Staff. | ![]() | Sister Of Mercy Tending A Wounded Soldier / By Marc Antocolsky. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | |
![]() | [A soldier holding his hat is standing on steps]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Chart by Walter A. Lane, published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II. The positions of 58 ships are represented on the chart. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | A soldier and his family read early newspaper reports of Japan's surrender, while walking in Washington, DC, on 14 August 1945, shortly before the official announcement. Photographed by Chief Petty Officer Smith. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | The poor soldier & his ticket for soup. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "A Serious Soldier" by Sheila Broumley Commentary: "A very serious-looking toy soldier on white background." | "Confederate soldier" by raznov Commentary: "Dignity and honor." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown. | Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God. |
Edward Gibbon | The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. |
George Washington | When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Let the soldier yield to the civilian. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color. |
Samuel Johnson | Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. |
Sir Edwin Arnold | One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing. |
Thomas J. | The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. |
Thomas Jefferson | I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And to let us see, that even absolute power, where it is necessary, is not arbitrary by being absolute, but is still limited by that reason, and confined to those ends, which required it in some cases to be absolute, we need look no farther than the common practice of martial discipline: for the preservation of the army, and in it of the whole common-wealth, requires an absolute obedience to the command of every superior officer, and it is justly death to disobey or dispute the most dangerous or unreasonable of them; but yet we see, that neither the serjeant, that could command a soldier to march up to the mouth of a cannon, or stand in a breach, where he is almost sure to perish, can command that soldier to give him one penny of his money; nor the general, that can condemn him to death for deserting his post, or for not obeying the most desperate orders, can yet, with all his absolute power of life and death, dispose of one farthing of that soldier's estate, or seize one jot of his goods; whom yet he can command any thing, and hang for the least disobedience; because such a blind obedience is necessary to that end, for which the commander has his power, viz. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment III. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Rumor said that he had been a soldier at Waterloo |
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Children | Ethiopia | If a unit commander suspects but cannot prove that a soldier is underage, he can transfer the soldier from a front-line combat unit to a rear-area command. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Vietnam | A fight ensued in which one person using a spear reportedly was killed by gunfire when he attacked a soldier. (references) |
Yemen | Authorities reportedly arrested the soldier, but there was no information regarding whether he was disciplined. (references) | |
Economic History | Switzerland | A new category of soldier called a "single-term conscript" will be allowed to fulfill his total service time in one term of about 300 active-duty days. (references) |
Suriname | Another pressure for change had erupted in July 1986, when a Bush Negro (aka Maroon) insurgency, led by former soldier Ronnie Brunswijk, began attacking economic targets in the country's interior. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guinea-Bissau | One soldier reportedly died while in detention. (references) |
Political Economy | East Timor | One Indonesian soldier, dressed in civilian attire, was killed by UN-PKF in July after he reportedly fired across the border into East Timor. (references) |
Venezuela | The 1999 Constitution established civilian trials for soldiers accused of human rights abuses, and this provision passed its first major test with the Siccat case, involving an officer convicted of murdering a fellow soldier. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Lynne Cheney | Well, I have a Vietnamese soldier in the book on the V is for valor page. And for a little kid, it's American soldiers fought bravely in Vietnam. |
Rush Limbaugh | Our people realize more than before that the American soldier is a paper tiger that run in defeat after a few blows. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | The remedy lies in establishing more favorably for the private soldier the proportion between his recompense and the term of his enlistment, and it is a subject which can not too soon or too seriously be taken into consideration. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I would also suggest a review of the pension law, for the purpose of extending its benefits to every Revolutionary soldier who aided in establishing our liberties, and who is unable to maintain himself in comfort. |
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| "Soldier" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.33% of the time. "Soldier" is used about 1,802 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.33% | 1,790 | 4,720 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.28% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.28% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,802 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Soldier, IA (city, FIPS 73785) 2. Soldier, KS (city, FIPS 66175) |
Expressions using "soldier": 4tin soldier ♦ buffalo soldier ♦ citizen soldier ♦ combat soldier ♦ common soldier ♦ confederate soldier ♦ disabled soldier ♦ federal soldier ♦ fellow soldier ♦ foot soldier ♦ girl soldier ♦ Horse soldier ♦ lead soldier ♦ old soldier ♦ poor soldier ♦ private soldier ♦ profession soldier ♦ professional soldier ♦ red soldier ♦ retired soldier ♦ seasoned soldier ♦ shipboard soldier ♦ soldier beetle ♦ soldier bug ♦ soldier course ♦ soldier crab ♦ soldier fish ♦ soldier fly ♦ soldier grainy club ♦ soldier killed in action ♦ soldier like ♦ soldier moth ♦ soldier of fortune ♦ soldier of the red army ♦ soldier on ♦ soldier on furlough ♦ soldier on leave ♦ soldier on point duty ♦ soldier orchis ♦ Soldier Pond ♦ spined soldier bug ♦ tin soldier ♦ toy soldier ♦ union soldier ♦ unknown soldier ♦ veteran soldier ♦ water soldier ♦ woman soldier. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "soldier": soldier-administrator, soldier-ant, soldier-artist, soldier-boy, soldier-crab, soldier-diplomat, soldier-folk, soldier-hero, soldier-heroes, soldier-husband, soldier-husbands, soldier-in-charge, soldier-like, Soldier-mps, soldier-of-fortune, soldier-pheromone, soldier-poet, soldier-politician, soldier-saint, soldier-sayings, soldier-son, soldier-statesman. | |
Ending with "soldier": ex-soldier, foot-soldier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
soldier | 2,052 | small soldier | 136 |
soldier of fortune | 1,901 | act relief sailor soldier | 133 |
soldier of fortune 2 | 888 | act sailor soldier | 131 |
soldier girl | 707 | soldier of fortune cd key | 130 |
toy soldier | 604 | one tin soldier | 119 |
we were soldier | 553 | soldier travelin | 116 |
buffalo soldier | 358 | 2 cd fortune key soldier | 113 |
soldier field | 292 | soldier child | 108 |
2 cheat fortune soldier | 234 | soldier of fortune ii double helix | 107 |
wooden soldier | 202 | soldier fortune 2 double helix | 99 |
ultimate soldier | 198 | 2 box fortune soldier x | 98 |
soldier of fortune ii | 198 | soldier fortune walk through | 95 |
2 fortune soldier through walk | 179 | soldier traveling | 93 |
dog soldier | 170 | 2 box cheat fortune soldier x | 92 |
soldier of fortune cheat | 168 | plastic toy soldier | 87 |
roman soldier armour | 163 | poem soldier | 85 |
tomb of the unknown soldier | 155 | soldier heart | 84 |
roman soldier | 151 | contra shattered soldier | 79 |
soldier picture | 147 | soldier stick | 79 |
civil war soldier | 144 | in iraq killed soldier | 73 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "soldier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | soldaat (pawn). (various references) | |
Albanian | shërbej në ushtri (serve), ushtarak (effective, martial, military, serviceman, soldierlike, soldierly), ushtar (man, military, pawn, pikeman, Tommy). (various references) | |
Arabic | نفر (alien, alienate, band, dislike, indispose, person, repel), تجند (enlist, join up), عسكري (man of arms, martial, military, private, serviceman), خدم في الجندية, جندي (man of arms, private, serviceman), النملة الجندي, دخل العسكرية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | служа във войската, служа войник, рак-отшелник (pagurian, soldier-crab), кръшкач (quitter, shirk, shirker, skulk, slacker, truant, wag), кръшкам (scrimpshank, skive, skulk, slack), войник (dogface, pongo, ranker, warrior), военен (gi, martial, military, munition, service, war), воин, мравка войник, пълководец (general). (various references) | |
Chinese | 軍人 (military personnel, serviceman), 戰士 (fighter, warrior), 战士 (Warrior), 兵家 (military commander, military strategist in ancient China), 士兵 , 卒 (abruptly, die, hurriedly). (various references) | |
Czech | voják (campaigner, man of arms, serviceman). (various references) | |
Danish | soldat (pawn). (various references) | |
Dutch | soldaat (pawn). (various references) | |
Esperanto | soldato (pawn). (various references) | |
Faeroese | hermaður (pawn). (various references) | |
Farsi | نظامی شدن , نظامی (Martial, Military, Trooper), سپاهی (Corpsman, Trooper, Trouper), سربازی کردن , سرباز (Private). (various references) | |
Finnish | sotilashenkilö (military man), sotilas (pawn, regular), sotamies (enlisted man, G.I, jack, knave, private), sidejuoksu (stud), tukitappi, punakurnusimppu (cuckoo gurnard, red gurnard), hammasahven-laji (carpenter, carpenter seabream, panga, santer seabream, seabream, sheepshead). (various references) | |
French | soldat. (various references) | |
German | Soldat (man-at-arms, pawn, serviceman). (various references) | |
Greek | καπόνι (capon, davit), κούκος (cuckoo), συναγρίδα-νούφαρ (santer seabream), στρατιώτησ (infarct), στρατιώτης, ξυλάκι στήριξης άμμου, μακρυνάρι (stud), μακροστήλιο (stud), φαντάροσ (infantryman), ασπιδοκαπόνι (red gurnard), ορθοστάτης (housing, king-post, leg, post, prop, shank, sprag, stanchion, standard, stud, vertical), οπλίτησ (rifleman). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לוחם (belligerent, combatant, crusader, fighter, warrior), לשרת כחיל, קלגס (warrior), חייל, חיל (corpse, force, serviceman, trooper, warrior), איש חיל. (various references) | |
Hungarian | katona (engineer, enlisted man, lobster, man, mercenary, pawn, serviceman, servicemen, twink). (various references) | |
Indonesian | serdadu (army, military, see: tentara), tentara (army, military), prajurit (man-at-arms, warrior). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | unataqtuksaq. (various references) | |
Irish | saighdiúir (pawn). (various references) | |
Italian | soldato (man, serviceman). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 軍人 (military personnel), 軍卒 , 武弁 , 戦士 (combatant, warrior), 兵隊 (sailor), 兵隊 (sailor), 兵家 (strategist, tactician), 兵士 , 兵士 , 兵卒 (private, rank and file, ranks), 兵 (warrior), ソリッド抵抗器 (Salt Lake City, Sol, solid resistor, solution). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぐんそつ, ぐんじん (battlefield, camp, military personnel), ぶべん, つわもの (warrior), せんし (combatant, death in action, former teacher, military history or annals, prehistory, pruning, puncture, stab, warrior, woman's slender fingers), ソルジャー , へいたい (sailor), へいそつ (private, rank and file, ranks), へいか (arms, branch of the army, fire caused by war, normal prices, par, parity, ravages of war, strategist, swords, tactician, warfare, your Majesty), へいし (dying, falling dead, perishing, stoppage, the Tairas). (various references) | |
Korean | 군인 (serviceman). (various references) | |
Manx | sidooraghey (soldiering), sidoor (campaigner, pawn, private, soldier man), kern (pawn, yeoman), jannoo sidooraght. (various references) | |
Maori | hooia. (various references) | |
Norwegian | soldat (pawn). (various references) | |
Papiamen | sòldá (pawn). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oldiersay.(various references) | |
Polish | żołnierz (pawn). (various references) | |
Portuguese | soldado (pawn, warrior). (various references) | |
Romanian | soldat (advocate, g.i., guardsman, man, peon, private soldier, supporter, Tommy), scrumbie afumatã (kipper), trage chiulul (play injun), ostaş (man, private), oştean, militar (military, serviceman, soldierlike, soldierly, warlike), marinar chiulangiu, hering (herring), fi militar, face serviciul militar (serve). (various references) | |
Russian | солдат (carpet knight, Joe, Joe Blow, pawn, purdue, trencher). (various references) | |
Scottish | saighdear (pawn). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | služiti kao vojnik, vojnik (combatant, digger, fighter, gi). (various references) | |
Spanish | soldado (fighter, government issue, man, serviceman, trooper, yeoman). (various references) | |
Swahili | askari (pawn). (various references) | |
Swedish | soldat (dough-boy, pawn), knekt (Jack, knave, pawn), krigare (warrior). (various references) | |
Thai | เป็นทหาร, ทหาร (man-at-arms). (various references) | |
Turkish | asker (army, askari, at, guardsman, Kern, kerne, man-at-arms, military service, pawn, serviceman, troops, warrior). (various references) | |
Turkmen | soldat (r), esger. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ухилятися від праці, солдатик, солдат (dogface), служити в армії (bear arms), краб (crab), воєначальник (warlord). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | quân nhân người chỉ huy có tài, quân lính, lính, binh sĩ. (various references) | |
Welsh | milwr (pawn). (various references) | |
Yucatec | wach (Mexican, pawn). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | erim. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | armate, armati, armatis, armatos, armatus, Aspitrigla cuculus, Aspitrigla cuculus(Linnaeus,1758), bellator, bellatorem, bellatores, bellatoribus, bellatorum, Cheimerius nufar, Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes), Chelidonichthys cuculus, comes, comite, comites, comitetur, comitibus, comitum, miles, miles militis, militem, militene, milites, militi, militibus, militum, Trigla cuculus, Trigla pini. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | beorn, cempa, fyrdrinc, hererinc, hildemecg. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | soldarius. (various references) |
| Persian | 800-Modern | sipahi. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | soudier. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 10, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | WV de aphlqen o aggeloV o lalwn tw kornhliw fwnhsaV duo twn oiketwn autou kai stratiwthn eusebh twn proskarterountwn autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum discessisset angelus qui loquebatur illi vocavit duos domesticos suos et militem metuentem Dominum ex his qui illi parebant |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne the aungel that spak to hym, was gon awei, he clepide twei men of his hous, and a knyyt that dredde the Lord, whiche weren at his bidding. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When the angell which spake vnto Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde servauntes and a devoute soudier of them that wayted on him |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 10, Verse 7 |
| Albanian | Sapo u largua engjëlli që i foli, Korneli thirri dy nga shërbëtorët e tij dhe një ushtar besnik, nga ata që ishin në shërbimin e tij personal, |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nakapahawa na ang manolunda nga nakigsulti kaniya, si Cornelio mitawag sa duha sa iyang mga binatonan ug sa usa ka masimbahong sundalo nga usa sa mga tig-alagad kaniya, |
| Chinese | 向 他 說 話 的 天 使 去 後 、 哥 尼 流 叫 了 兩 個 家 人 、 和 常 伺 候 他 的 一 個 虔 誠 兵 來 . |
| Croatian | Èim ode anðeo koji mu je govorio, pozove on dvojicu slugu i jednoga pobožna, privržena vojnika, |
| Danish | Men da Engelen, som talte til ham, var gået bort, kaldte han to af sine Husfolk og en gudfrygtig Stridsmand af dem, som stadig vare om ham. |
| Dutch | En als de engel, die tot Cornelius sprak, weggegaan was, riep hij twee van zijn huisknechten, en een godzaligen krijgsknecht van degenen, die gedurig bij hem waren; |
| Finnish | Ja kun enkeli, joka Korneliusta puhutteli, oli mennyt pois, kutsui tämä kaksi palvelijaansa ja hurskaan sotamiehen uskollisimpiensa joukosta |
| French | Dès que l`ange qui lui avait parlé fut parti, Corneille appela deux de ses serviteurs, et un soldat pieux d`entre ceux qui étaient attachés à sa personne; |
| German | Und da der Engel, der mit Kornelius redete, hinweggegangen war, rief er zwei seiner Hausknechte und einen gottesfürchtigen Kriegsknecht von denen, die ihm aufwarteten, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setelah malaikat yang berbicara dengan Kornelius itu pergi, Kornelius memanggil dua orang pelayan rumahnya dan seorang anggota tentara pengawalnya yang saleh. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah malaekat yang berkata dengan dia itu sudah gaib, lalu ia memanggil dua daripada hambanya, dan seorang laskar yang beribadat dari antara orang yang senantiasa melayani dia; |
| Maori | A, no te rironga atu o te anahera i korero nei ki a ia, ka karangatia e ia tokorua o ana pononga tane, me tetahi hoia karakia no te hunga e mahi tonu ana ki a ia; |
| Norwegian | Da nu engel |