A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary. The majority of cognates of the word "soldier" that exist in other languages have a meaning that embraces both commissioned and non-commissioned officers in national land forces.
The word soldier entered modern English in the 14th century, from the equivalent Middle English word soudeour, from An...
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- Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die. ,
- Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. ,
- But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. ,
- I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal. ,
- It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. ,
- A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color. ,
- So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. ,
- I want to see you shoot the way you shout. ,
- I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. ,
- Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
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