soldiery

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soldiery

/ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/ UK

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From soldier + -y.

noun soldieries

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.
Similar: military personnel, troops
The profession or skill of being a soldier.

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noun soldiers considered as a group

Deutsch	Soldaten, Soldatinnen

noun the profession or skill of being a soldier

Deutsch	Heeresdienst, Kriegsdienst, Präsensdienst, Wehrdienst

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@misc{soldiery_2026,
  title = {soldiery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soldiery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}