soudard
Breton edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French souldart.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soudard m (plural soudarded)
Derived terms edit
- soudardez (“female soldier”)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French souldart, from soldee, souldee, soudee + -art.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soudard 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “soudard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French souldart. Compare Walloon sôdård.
Noun edit
soudard m (plural soudards)
- (Jersey) soldier
- (Jersey) red spider
- Synonym: rouoge soudard
Derived terms edit
- sîmpl'ye soudard (“private”)
- soudarder (“to be a soldier”)