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soldiery

soldiery

1 8.5
A group of soldiers who serve together in the army
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊldʒəri/
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  • Restif shows that the great majority of parishes in the diocese of Rennes were affected in the 1590s, for almost all those with surviving accounts show damage by soldiery and objects and textiles stolen, damaged, or destroyed.

Examples

  • "I had forgotten that he had his own reasons for keeping away from English soldiery.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • There is little doubt that the popular notion of virtuous citizen-soldiers defending home and hearth was a romanticized idealization of Civil War soldiery, but there is also little doubt that it was a culturally significant construction within the South.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Call it a test of soldiery, then.

  • Then all the soldiery jumped out of the boats.

  • Our country's entire professional soldiery.

  • Remember a uniformed soldiery was developed to protect civilians.

    Blog text (31)
  • Washington has since changed that view, partly because he has somewhat reformed his soldiery.

    Blog text (24)
  • The first form of constitution that succeeded monarchy in ancient Greece was one in which the soldiery formed the citizen body.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Resolved, that the sympathy of the Democratic Party is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiery of our army and sailors of our navy, who are and have been in the field and on the sea under the flag of our country, and, in the events of its attaining power, they will receive all the care, protection, and regard that the brave soldiers and sailors of the republic have so nobly earned.

    Blog text (30)
  • The general commanded all the soldiery to assemble for the morning briefing.

Synonyms

force
vssoldiery
2.3

An organized group of people like soldiers or police

is limited to the armed collective rather than many service types
troops
vssoldiery
2.0

Soldiers who work together as a group in an army

is the broad collective term for all such service members
corps
vssoldiery
  • Specialized
529 7.2

A large military group made of two or more divisions and support

is the general collective idea, not a specific large formation
army
vssoldiery
327 1.0

A large group of people organized to do one job

is the general collective for people who serve in combat roles
military force
vssoldiery
156 3.2

A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country

is the general collective label for those serving together
outfit
vssoldiery
112 4.8

A group like a company or team that works together

is the broad collective concept, not an informal single team
troop
vssoldiery
98 3.2

A group of soldiers organized to fight or carry out military tasks

is the wider collective idea covering all such groups
contingent
vssoldiery
60 7.0

A group of people from a larger organization, like soldiers or representatives

is the overall collective term, not only a dispatched segment
military personnel
vssoldiery
57 3.4

People who serve in the armed forces, like soldiers and sailors

is focused on the collective of combat-focused service members
military unit
vssoldiery
15 2.8

A group of soldiers that does a specific task

is the overall collective view of all such organized groups
army unit
vssoldiery
5 2.5

A group of soldiers organized as part of an army, like a platoon or company

is the larger collective term rather than a small subdivision
military group
vssoldiery
2 3.1

A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces

is the general collective term, not only purpose-built groups

How Large

army
1.0
regiment
  • Specialized
99 6.2
soldiery
1 8.5
battalion
  • Specialized
150 7.2
company
329 2.4
platoon
119 5.8
squad
702 2.4

Surface Forms

soldiery singular
soldieries plural

Morphology

soldiery = soldier (transparent) = soldier + y

The noun is formed from 'soldier' with the productive suffix '-y' to denote a collective/group, so learners knowing 'soldier' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Soldiery comes from soldier, which comes from the Latin solidus meaning 'a coin', and the ending -ery makes it a group. So a soldier was originally someone 'paid' to fight, and soldiery is the group of those soldiers, the military forces.