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squaddie

UK/ˈskwɒd.i/

squaddie noun: a private in the army.

Noun

squaddie (plural squaddies)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A private in the army.
    • He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 117
    • Hard men from the high flats and off-dutie squaddies threw back their pints shoulder to shoulder in its spartan public bar.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 164

squaddie meaning in Tamil

squaddie in Tamil

தனியப் படைஞன்

Forms of squaddie

pluralsquaddies
alternative formsquaddy

Origin of squaddie

From squad + -ie.

Words formed from squaddie

  • squaddie-proof

Words that rhyme with squaddie

Questions about squaddie

What does squaddie mean?
Squaddie means a private in the army.
What is squaddie in Tamil?
Squaddie in Tamil is தனியப் படைஞன். See Squaddie meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is squaddie?
Squaddie is a noun.
How do you pronounce squaddie?
Squaddie is pronounced /ˈskwɒd.i/ (UK).
What is the plural of squaddie?
The plural of squaddie is squaddies.

Words near squaddie in the dictionary

  1. squadcar
  2. squadcars
  3. squadded
  4. squadder
  5. squadders
  6. squaddie
  7. squaddies
  8. squadding
  9. squaddy
  10. squadmate
  11. squadmates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: squaddie (page history and authors); squaddie (Tamil 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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