Union soldier
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈjuːnjən ˈsoʊldʒər/
- Archaic
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soldado de la Unión
- The bullet pierced 20-year-old Jenny's heart as she baked bread for Union soldiers.
And slowly but surely, those Union soldiers began to stand up and began to scream and cheer.
- And slowly but surely, those Union soldiers began to stand up and began to scream and cheer.
- They set up polling stations all over the rim of the war and Union soldiers lined up to vote and this was the test.
Examples
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A group of freedpeople and Union soldiers relaxing at a Virginia farmhouse in 1862.
Blog text (16) -
All 100 or so of the Union soldiers who died—a heavy toll on the frontier—were buried in the cemetery.
Academic text (2009) -
The Union soldiers have started to form a crowd.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nor, I was interested to find, did all Union soldiers love Lincoln.
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And suddenly these Union soldiers knew nothing of retreat.
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Cheering started to break out from the Union soldiers deployed down the line.
Fiction book (1990) -
Squads of Union soldiers are beginning to make their way down the hillside.
Fiction book (2001) -
Waiting on the other side of the river was Camp Fisk, designated as a holding area for 5,000 Union soldiers released by Confederate forces.
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There are also images of Union soldiers, slaves and freedmen, Civil War forts and battle sites, and soldiers' wives.
Academic text (2010) -
During the Civil War, many Union soldiers fought bravely in battles like Gettysburg.
Synonyms
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9.5
A soldier who fought for the Union in the American Civil War
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5.8
A soldier who fought for the North in the American Civil War
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a member of the Union Army' is directly and compositionally derived from 'Union' (pertaining to the northern/federal forces) + 'soldier' (an enlisted person). This affiliation/possession pattern is a standard, transparent noun phrase construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Union soldier comes from the American Civil War when the northern states were called the Union and the men who fought for them were soldiers. So a Union soldier means 'a soldier who fought for the Union'.