noun
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soldiers collectively
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a group of soldiers
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the profession of being a soldier
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Etymology
Origin of soldiery
Example Sentences
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At a point when the generals decreed that thousands of noncombatants should be left behind in hostile territory, the author notes with dismay that the soldiery raised no objection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
By L.A.’s yardstick of history, its story goes way back, like Queen-Victoria-and-first-movie-camera far back, to when it was first dedicated to the nation’s suffering soldiery, and then back a century before then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
Just as I emerged upon the street, I came face to face with a fine looking young man, with soldiery bearing, leading an elderly woman with a young lady following close behind.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019
Familiarly, we take in the hate/respect struggle between the civilian scout and the garrison commander; the love relations between the commander's daughter and the young first lieutenant who-has-yet-to-prove-himself; the comic routines of the general soldiery.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2019
Many in the city were taken with the smallpox, not so much among the soldiery as among the remaining citizens.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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