soldier
/ˈsəʊldʒə/SOHL-jur
/ˈsoʊldʒɚ/SOHL-jur
Meaningone paid in solid (coin)
Common meaning: a member of an army (paid with a coin)
- soldfirm, dense, wholeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1719 · scan
- iernoun ending: a place or person (French)
Journey through time
- Latinsolidus, -a, -um‘firm, dense, whole’
- Old Frenchsoldiersource
- Middle Englishsoudioursource
- Englishsoldier‘a member of an army (paid with a coin)’ · today
sold also in: solidsolidarityconsolidate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin solidus ‘firm, dense, whole’.
Did you know (A soldier is…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SOLDIER, p. 572 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin solidus, firm,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry solidus, p. 1719 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SOLDIER, p. 572 · dictionary scan
Roots
- solidus, -a, -um Latin “firm, dense, whole”
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