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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Soldier \Sol"dier\, verb (used without an object)
1. To serve as a soldier.
2. To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task. [Colloq.U.S.]
Note: In this sense the vulgar pronounciation (s[=o]"j[~e]r) is jocosely preserved.
It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling, or only soldiering. --C. D. Warner.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Soldier \Sol"dier\, noun [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, noun]
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser.
3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}.
{Soldier beetle} (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio.
{Soldier bug} (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects.
{Soldier crab} (Zo["o]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab.
{Soldier fish} (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}.
{Soldier fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
{Soldier moth} (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots.
{Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
soldier
noun
1: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
2: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
verb: serve as a soldier in the military
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "soldier": Amazon, GI, Tommy Atkins, aggressive, air serviceman, ant, army ant, bear arms, black ant, bold, brave, cannon fodder, carpenter ant, carry arms, clock watcher, combative, condottiere, continue, courageous, dauntless, do active duty, do duty, dodge, dog it, dogface, doughboy, doughfoot, drive, drudge, duck, duck duty, emmet, endure, enlisted man, eye-servant, fearless, fighter, fighting man, fire ant, food for powder, free lance, get out of, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off, grind, guerrilla, halberdier, hoplite, house ant, infantryman, intrepid, keep at, keep going, keep on, legionary, malinger, malingerer, man-at-arms, martial, mercenary, militant, military man, navy man, not pull fair, old soldier, partisan, persevere, persist, pikeman, pismire, pugnacious, queen, recruit, red ant, rifle, rifleman, serve, serviceman, shirk, shirker, shoulder a gun, shoulder arms, skulk, skulker, slack, slacker, slave ant, slide out of, slip out of, sneak out of, soldier of fortune, soldierly, spearman, stalwart, supporter, swaddy, sweat, tax dodger, termite, trooper, truant, unafraid, valiant, valorous, warlike, warrior, warrioress, wear the uniform, welsh, welsher, worker
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Soldier, IA (city, FIPS 73785) Location: 41.98461 N, 95.77963 W Population (1990): 205 (112 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51572 Soldier, KS (city, FIPS 66175) Location: 39.53784 N, 95.96460 W Population (1990): 135 (56 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66540
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Soldier, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 207 Housing Units (2000): 113 Land area (2000): 0.297160 sq. miles (0.769641 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.297160 sq. miles (0.769641 sq. km) FIPS code: 73785 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 41.984598 N, 95.779916 W ZIP Codes (1990): 51572 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Soldier, IA Soldier
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Soldier, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 122 Housing Units (2000): 58 Land area (2000): 0.152395 sq. miles (0.394701 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.152395 sq. miles (0.394701 sq. km) FIPS code: 66175 Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 39.536792 N, 95.964849 W ZIP Codes (1990): 66540 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Soldier, KS Soldier
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