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Plural of soldier

regular plural

The plural of soldier is soldiers.

Forms of soldier

Singularsoldier /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/
Pluralsoldiers /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚz/
Countablecountable

Soldiers in a sentence

  • Beside his egg was a plate of buttered toast, already cut up into soldiers.2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 180
  • The soldiers had to acclimatize before starting operations in the desert.From the entry acclimatize
  • The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.From the entry retreat
  • Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.From the entry civilian
  • We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.From the entry crouch

Meaning of soldier

  1. noun A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
  2. noun Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
  3. noun An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

Full definition of soldier

Questions about the plural of soldier

What is the plural of soldier?
The plural of soldier is soldiers.
Is soldier countable?
Soldier is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: soldier (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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