soldierless en · ADJ
Etymology
From soldier + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without soldiers.
In the new, soldierless Berlin, the job of guarding the palace was given to students, who relaxed cheerily in the King's guardroom, discussing democracy...
1967, Priscilla Robertson, Revolutions of 1848: a social history:
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(not-comparable) Without soldier ants.
...some of the more highly evolved cryptic termites are soldierless.
2006, Helmut König, Ajit Varma, Intestinal microorganisms of termites and other invertebrates: