soudard
Breton
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French souldart.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoudard m (plural soudarded)
Derived terms
edit- soudardez (“female soldier”)
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French souldart, from soldee, souldee, soudee + -art.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoudard m (plural soudards, feminine soudarde)
- (derogatory) battle-hardened, brutish, or roughneck soldier
- (archaic) mercenary (person employed to fight in armed conflict)
- Synonym: mercenaire
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “soudard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French souldart. Compare Walloon sôdård.
Noun
editsoudard m (plural soudards)
- (Jersey) soldier
- (Jersey) red spider
- Synonym: rouoge soudard
Derived terms
edit- sîmpl'ye soudard (“private”)
- soudarder (“to be a soldier”)
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