Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who is unwilling to fight.

  2. The butterfly Junonia iphita, the chocolate pansy.

Origin

Military sense popularized by George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play Arms and the Man.

Military sense popularized by George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play Arms and the Man.

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Forms

plural: chocolate soldiers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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