soldiery

English

Etymology

From soldier +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/

Noun

soldiery (plural soldieries)

1. Soldiers considered as a group.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 790:

     Now they could see the point of having a uniformed driver to conduct them, for he would bear the brunt of such encounters with the soldiery.

2. The profession or skill of being a soldier.

Synonyms

• (soldiers considered as a group): military personnel, troops

Derived terms

• footsoldiery

Translations

soldiers considered as a group

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: զօր (zōr)

• Bulgarian: войнство (bg) n (vojnstvo)
• German: Soldaten (de) m pl, Soldatinnen (de) f pl
• Latin: militia f
• Turkish: askerler (tr) pl
• Ukrainian: во́їнство n (vójinstvo)

the profession or skill of being a soldier

• Bulgarian: войниклък m (vojniklǎk), войнишко дело (vojniško delo)
• German: Heeresdienst (de) m, Kriegsdienst (de) m, Präsensdienst m, Wehrdienst (de) m
• Old Irish: saigteóracht f
• Turkish: askerlik (tr)