summer soldier
summer soldier noun: a person who fights for a cause only when to do so is easy and costs little.
Noun
summer soldier (plural summer soldiers)
- A person who fights for a cause only when to do so is easy and costs little.
- The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.1776 December 23, Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
- We want to assure you, however, that we are not summer soldiers, and we know that you are not a summer soldier. The fight for human rights, for freedom ... will go on.1986 March 5, Kenneth J. Bialkin, Remarks at a White House Briefing
Forms of summer soldier
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Questions about summer soldier
- What does summer soldier mean?
- Summer soldier means a person who fights for a cause only when to do so is easy and costs little.
- What part of speech is summer soldier?
- Summer soldier is a noun.
- What is the plural of summer soldier?
- The plural of summer soldier is summer soldiers.
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