soldier

1. (countable)A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

   My friends and I saw a soldier questioning a man holding a bag with a gun in his pocket.

   an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

2. (broadly, countable, nonstandard)Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.

3. (countable, formal)An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

   She saw a soldier while collecting her baggage at the airport.

4. A guardsman.

   часово́йčasovój, карау́льныйkaraúlʹnyj, охра́нникoxránnik

5. A member of the Salvation Army.

   Soldat, Soldatin

   солда́тsoldát, во́инvóin, военнослу́жащийvojennoslúžaščij

   солда́тsoldát, во́їнvójin, жовні́рžovnír

6. A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.

7. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

8. A term of approbation for a young boy.

9. (countable, figuratively)Someone who fights or toils well.

   Kämpfer

10. A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).

11. One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.

12. (dated, slang)A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red).

1. The soldier gave water to me.

   Солдат дав менi води.

   ruСолдат дал мне воды.

   deDer Soldat gab mir Wasser.

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2. The soldiers were equipped with weapons.

   Солдати були озброєні.

   deDie Soldaten waren mit Waffen ausgestattet.

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3. Tom used to be a soldier.

   Том колись був солдатом.

   ruТом когда-то был солдатом.

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4. A lot of soldiers died here.

   Тут загинуло багато солдатів.

   ruЗдесь погибло много солдат.

   deHier wurden viele Soldaten getötet.

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5. You were a soldier, weren't you?

   Ти був військовим, так?

   deSie waren Soldat, oder?

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