Soldateska
See also: soldateska
German
editEtymology
edit17th century, from Italian soldatesca. Doublet of soldatisch, which has quite the opposite sense of “soldierly”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSoldateska f (genitive Soldateska, plural (rare) Soldatesken)
- (obsolete) soldiers collectively, army
- (derogatory) a band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers
- (by abstraction) the mentality of such soldiers, the marauding and war crimes themselves
Descendants
edit- → Finnish: soldateska