Dictionary

soldiery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From soldier + -y.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

footsoldiery

Synonyms

military personnel (soldiers considered as a group) · troops (soldiers considered as a group)

Translations (18)

sga saigteóracht (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · de Kriegsdienst (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · tr askerler (soldiers considered as a group) · la militia (soldiers considered as a group) · bg войнство (soldiers considered as a group) · de Soldatinnen (soldiers considered as a group) · cs vojsko (soldiers considered as a group) · cs mužstvo (soldiers considered as a group) · xcl զօր (soldiers considered as a group) · de Wehrdienst (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · uk во́їнство (soldiers considered as a group) · de Präsensdienst (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · bg войниклък (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · de Heeresdienst (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · bg войнишко дело (the profession or skill of being a soldier) · cs vojáci (soldiers considered as a group) · de Soldaten (soldiers considered as a group) · tr askerlik (the profession or skill of being a soldier)