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SOLDIERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soldiers collectively
Synonyms:
military personnel; soldiery; troops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("soldiery" is a kind of...):
force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soldiery"):
friendly (troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces)
hostile (troops belonging to the enemy's military forces)
cavalry; horse; horse cavalry (troops trained to fight on horseback)
garrison (the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place)
Holonyms ("soldiery" is a member of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
Derivation:
soldier (serve as a soldier in the military)
