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summer soldiers

summer soldiers is the plural of summer soldier.

Meaning of summer soldier

Noun

summer soldier (plural summer soldiers)

  1. 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

Questions about summer soldiers

What is summer soldiers the plural of?
Summer soldiers is the plural of summer soldier.

Words near summer soldiers in the dictionary

  1. summer smog
  2. summer smogs
  3. summer snowflake
  4. summer snowflakes
  5. summer soldier
  6. summer soldiers
  7. summer solstice
  8. summer solstices
  9. summer soup
  10. summer soups
  11. summer squash

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