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soldiery

UK/ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/

soldiery noun: soldiers considered as a group.

Noun

soldiery (plural soldieries)

  1. Soldiers considered as a group.
    • 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.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 790
  2. The profession or skill of being a soldier.

soldiery meaning in Tamil and Urdu

soldiery in Tamil

படைவீரர் குழாம், படைப்பிரிவு

soldiery in Urdu

سپاہی دستہ

Synonyms of soldiery

Forms of soldiery

pluralsoldieries

Origin of soldiery

From soldier + -y.

Words formed from soldiery

Questions about soldiery

What does soldiery mean?
Soldiery means soldiers considered as a group.
What is soldiery in Tamil?
Soldiery in Tamil is படைவீரர் குழாம், படைப்பிரிவு. See Soldiery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soldiery?
Soldiery is a noun.
How do you pronounce soldiery?
Soldiery is pronounced /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of soldiery?
The plural of soldiery is soldieries.

Words near soldiery in the dictionary

  1. soldiers-and-sailors
  2. soldiers-in-green
  3. soldiership
  4. soldierships
  5. soldierwood
  6. soldiery
  7. soldior
  8. soldiors
  9. soldiour
  10. soldiours
  11. soldiuh

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: soldiery (page history and authors); soldiery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soldiery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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