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Soldier

originally meant a hireling or mercenary; one paid a solidus for military service; but hireling and soldier convey now very different ideas. (See above.)

To come the old soldier over one. To dictate peremptorily and profess superiority of knowledge and experience.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Soil
Soil the Milk before Using It
Sojourn
Sol (Latin)
Sol-fa
Solan Goose
Solano
Solatium (A)
Soldan or Sowdan
Soldats (Des)
Soldier
Soldier’s Heart
Soldiers Battles (The)
Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiering
Solecism
Solemn
Soler
Solid Doctor
Solingen
Solomon