#serviceman__military_man__man__military_personnel someone who serves in the armed forces; "two men stood sentry duty"
exclusion: civilian
supertype: skilled_worker__skilledworker__trained_worker__trainedworker a worker who has acquired special skills
subtype: air_force_officer__airforceofficer__commander an officer in the airforce
subtype: artilleryman__cannoneer__gunner__machine_gunner__machinegunner a serviceman in the artillery
subtype: bluejacket__navy_man__sailor__sailor_boy a serviceman in the navy
subtype: coastguardsman a member of a coastguard
subtype: striker.bluejacket someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
subtype: submariner a member of the crew of a submarine
subtype: ranger__commando a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
subtype: draftee__conscript a serviceman who is drafted
subtype: enlisted_person a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer
subtype: enlisted_man a male enlisted person in the armed forces
subtype: artificer__armorer an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
subtype: charge_of_quarters an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours
subtype: buck_private__private__common_soldier an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
subtype: recruit a recently enlisted soldier
subtype: Black_and_Tan an English recruit serving in the Royal Irish Constabulary to combat Sinn Fein in 1921
subtype: raw_recruit__rawrecruit an inexperienced and untrained recruit
subtype: enlisted_woman a female enlisted person in the armed forces
subtype: Marine__devil_dog__devildog__leatherneck__shipboard_soldier__shipboardsoldier a member of the United States Marine Corps
subtype: military_officer__officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
subtype: adjutant__aide__aide-de-camp an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
subtype: adjutant_general a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
subtype: army_officer an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer"
subtype: quartermaster an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
instance: Alfred_Dreyfus__Dreyfus__dreyfu
subtype: brass_hat__brasshat a high-ranking military officer
subtype: chief_of_staff the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
subtype: commanding_officer__commandant__commander an officer in command of a military unit
subtype: commander_in_chief__generalissimo the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief"
subtype: wing_commander (RAF rank) one who is next below a Group Captain
subtype: commissioned_officer a military officer holding a commission
subtype: commissioned_military_officer a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marine corp
subtype: captain an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
subtype: colonel a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
subtype: lieutenant_colonel__light_colonel__lightcolonel a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
subtype: field-grade_officer__fieldgradeofficer__field_officer__fieldofficer an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
subtype: general_officer__generalofficer officers in the army or air force or marines above the rank of colonel
subtype: brigadier_general__brigadiergeneral__brigadier a general officer ranking below a major general
subtype: full_general__general a general officer of the highest rank
instance: Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola__Agricola Alcibiades Antigonus_Cyclops__Antigonus__Monophthalmos Mark_Antony__Antony__Anthony__Mark_Anthony__Antonius__Marcus_Antonius Benedict_Arnold__Arnold Belisarius Belshazzar Simon_Bolivar__Bolivar__bolivar__ellibertador Omar_Nelson_Bradley__Bradley__Omar_Bradley Braxton_Bragg__Bragg John_Burgoyne__Burgoyne__Gentleman_Johnny Gaius_Julius_Caesar__Caesar__Julius_Caesar Chiang_Kai-shek__Chiang_Chung-cheng John_Churchill__Churchill__Duke_of_Marlborough__First_Duke_of_Marlborough Mark_Wayne_Clark__Clark__Mark_Clark Karl_von_Clausewitz__Clausewitz Lucius_DuBignon_Clay__Clay__Lucius_Clay Baron_Clive_of_Plassey__Clive__Robert_Clive__Baron_Clive First_Marquess_Cornwallis__Cornwallis__Charles_Cornwallis Oliver_Cromwell__Cromwell__Ironsides Duke_of_Cumberland__Cumberland__William_Augustus__Butcher_Cumberland George_Armstrong_Custer__Custer Moshe_Dayan__Dayan Charles_Andre_Joseph_Marie_de_Gaulle__de_Gaulle__Charles_de_Gaulle Demetrius_Poliorcetes__Demetrius__Demetrius_I James_Harold_Doolittle__Doolittle__Jimmy_Doolittle Baron_Hugh_Caswall_Tremenheere_Dowding__Dowding__Hugh_Dowding__Dowdy Dwight_David_Eisenhower__Eisenhower__Dwight_Eisenhower__Dwight_D._Eisenhower__Ike__President_Eisenhower Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy__Eugene Flaminius__Gaius_Falminius Francisco_Franco__Franco__El_Caudillo Giuseppe_Garibaldi__Garibaldi Ulysses_Simpson_Grant__Grant__Ulysses_Grant__Ulysses_S._Grant__Hiram_Ulysses_Grant__President_Grant Leslie_Richard_Groves__Groves Hannibal.full_general__hannibal Sir_Arthur_Travers_Harris__Harris__Bomber_Harris Hasdrubal Paul_Ludwig_von_Beneckendorff_und_von_Hindenburg__Hindenburg__Paul_von_Hindenburg Holofernes Fighting_Joe_Hooker__Hooker__Joseph_Hooker Samuel_Houston__Houston__Sam_Houston Andrew_Jackson__Jackson__Old_Hickory Thomas_Jonathan_Jackson__Jackson__Thomas_Jackson__Thomas_J._Jackson__Stonewall_Jackson Joseph_Eggleston_Johnston__Johnston__J._E._Johnston Flavius_Josephus__Josephus__Joseph_ben_Matthias Robert_Edward_Lee__Lee__Robert_E_Lee Lucius_Licinius_Luculus__Luculus Lysander Lysimachus Douglas_MacArthur__MacArthur George_Catlett_Marshall__Marshall__George_Marshall George_Gordon_Meade__Meade Miltiades William_Mitchell__Mitchell__Billy_Mitchell 1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein__Montgomery__Bernard_Law_Montgomery__Sir_Bernard_Law_Montgomery Napoleon_Bonaparte__Napoleon__Napoleon_I__Bonaparte__the_Little_Corporal Michel_Ney__Ney__Duc_d'Elchingen John_Joseph_Pershing__Pershing__Black_Jack_Pershing George_Edward_Pickett__Pickett__pickett Pompey_the_Great__Pompey__Gnaeus_Pompeius_Magnus Comte_de_Rochambeau__Rochambeau__Jean_Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur Antonio_Lopez_de_Santa_Anna__Santa_Anna__Santa_Ana__Antonio_Lopez_de_Santa_Ana Hermann_Maurice_Saxe__Saxe__comte_de_Saxe Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_Africanus_Major__Scipio__Scipio_Africanus__Scipio_Africanus_Major__Publius_Cornelius_Scipio__Scipio_the_Elder Winfield_Scott__Scott Seleucus_I_Nicator__Seleucus__Seleucus_I William_Tecumseh_Sherman__Sherman Siraj-ud-daula Joseph_Warren_Stilwell__Stilwell__Vinegar_Joe_Stilwell__Uncle_Joe Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla_Felix__Sulla Albrecht_Eusebius_Wenzel_von_Wallenstein__Wallenstein President_Washington__Washington__George_Washington Archibald_Percival_Wavell__Wavell__First_Earl_Wavell Mad_Anthony_Wayne__Wayne__Anthony_Wayne First_Duke_of_Wellington__Wellington__Duke_of_Wellington__Arthur_Wellesley__the_Iron_Duke Xenophon Georgi_Konstantinovich_Zhukov__Zhukov
subtype: lieutenant_general a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
subtype: major-general__majorgeneral a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
subtype: lieutenant a commissioned military officer
subtype: first_lieutenant__firstlieutenant a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
subtype: second_lieutenant a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marine corps holding the lowest rank
subtype: sublieutenant (British) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
subtype: major a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
subtype: marshall__marshal (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
subtype: field_marshal__fieldmarshal an officer holding the highest rank in the army
instance: Paul_Ludwig_von_Beneckendorff_und_von_Hindenburg__Hindenburg__Paul_von_Hindenburg Joseph_Jacques_Cesaire_Joffre__Joffre First_Earl_Kitchener_of_Khartoum__Kitchener__Herbert_Kitchener__Horatio_Herbert_Kitchener Mikhail_Ilarionovich_Kutuzov__Kutuzov__Prince_of_Smolensk Erwin_Rommel__Rommel__Desert_Fox Karl_Rudolf_Gerd_von_Rundstedt__Rundstedt__von_Rundstedt Archibald_Percival_Wavell__Wavell__First_Earl_Wavell
instance: Baron_Hugh_Caswall_Tremenheere_Dowding__Dowding__Hugh_Dowding__Dowdy Sir_Arthur_Travers_Harris__Harris__Bomber_Harris Michel_Ney__Ney__Duc_d'Elchingen Hermann_Maurice_Saxe__Saxe__comte_de_Saxe
subtype: subaltern a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
subtype: commissioned_naval_officer a commissioned officer in the navy
subtype: ensign.commissioned_naval_officer a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
subtype: captain.commissioned_naval_officer__skipper the naval officer in command of a military ship
subtype: flag_captain the captain of a flagship
subtype: commander.commissioned_naval_officer a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
subtype: commodore a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
instance: Oliver_Hazard_Perry__Perry__Commodore_Perry
subtype: flag_officer a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
subtype: full_admiral__admiral the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
instance: William_Bligh__Bligh__Captain_Bligh Sir_Francis_Drake__Drake__Francis_Drake David_Glasgow_Farragut__Farragut Viscount_Nelson__Nelson__Horatio_Nelson Chester_William_Nimitz__Nimitz__Chester_Nimitz Matthew_Calbraith_Perry__Perry Hyman_George_Rickover__Rickover__Hyman_Rickover Isoroku_Yamamoto__Yamamoto
subtype: fleet_admiral__fleetadmiral an admiral of the highest rank; five-star admiral
subtype: rear_admiral an admiral junior to a vice admiral
subtype: vice_admiral an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral
subtype: lieutenant.commissioned_naval_officer an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
subtype: lieutenant_commander a commissioned officer in the navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
subtype: lieutenant_junior_grade__lieutenant_JG an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
subtype: judge_advocate.commissioned_officer__judgeadvocate an officer assigned to the judge advocate general
subtype: judge_advocate_general the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military
subtype: line_officer a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
subtype: ranker.commissioned_officer (British) a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status
subtype: staff_officer__staffofficer a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
subtype: judge_advocate__judgeadvocate a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander
subtype: quartermaster_general__quartermastergeneral a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
subtype: supply_officer a commissioned officer responsible for logistics
subtype: desk_officer a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
subtype: executive_officer__executiveofficer the officer second in command
subtype: inspector_general__inspectorgeneral a military officer responsible for investigations
subtype: naval_officer__navalofficer an officer in the navy
subtype: naval_commander__navalcommander naval officer in command of a fleet of warships
instance: John_Paul_Jones__johnpauljone__Jones
instance: Isaac_Hull__Hull Alfred_Thayer_Mahan__Mahan
subtype: noncommissioned_officer__noncommissionedofficer__noncom a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
subtype: aircraftsman__aircraftman a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
subtype: bombardier.noncommissioned_officer a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
subtype: chief_petty_officer__chiefpettyofficer a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
subtype: corporal a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
subtype: drill_master__drillmaster__drill_instructor__drillinstructor a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
subtype: lance_corporal__lancecorporal an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
subtype: petty_officer__PO__P.O. a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable to sergeant in the army
subtype: master-at-arms the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship
subtype: sergeant any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal
subtype: color_sergeant__colorsergeant a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
subtype: first_sergeant__firstsergeant__sergeantfirstclas a sergeant in the army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
subtype: orderly_sergeant__orderlysergeant the first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders
subtype: gunnery_sergeant__gunnerysergeant a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the marines
subtype: master_sergeant a senior noncommissioned officer in the army or air force or marines
subtype: recruiting-sergeant a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits
subtype: staff_sergeant__staffsergeant a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the army or marines or above airman 1st class in the air force
subtype: technical_sergeant__technicalsergeant a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
subtype: warrant_officer__warrantofficer holds rank by virtue of a warrant
subtype: noncombatant a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
subtype: soldier an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
subtype: cannon_fodder__fresh_fish__freshfish soldiers who a regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
subtype: cavalryman__trooper a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount"
subtype: cuirassier a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
subtype: dragoon a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
subtype: hussar a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
subtype: lancer (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
subtype: Rough_Rider a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
subtype: cavalryman.soldier__trooper a soldier in a motorized army unit
subtype: color_bearer__colorbearer__standard-bearer the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
subtype: Confederate_soldier a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
subtype: bushwhacker a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
subtype: Rebel__Reb__Johnny_Reb__Johnny__grayback (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
subtype: redcoat__lobsterback British soldier; so-called because of his red coat, esp. during the Revolutionary War
subtype: flanker a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
subtype: goldbrick.soldier a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
subtype: Green_Beret a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces
subtype: guardsman a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'
subtype: Highlander a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment
subtype: infantryman__marcher__footsoldier__footslogger fights on foot with small arms
subtype: fusilier (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
subtype: grenadier__grenade_thrower__grenadethrower an infantryman equipped with grenades
subtype: musketeer a foot soldier armed with a musket
subtype: Janissary a Turkish soldier
subtype: legionnaire__legionary a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
subtype: man-at-arms a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times
subtype: militiaman a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
subtype: Minuteman an American militiaman prior to the Revolutionary War
subtype: orderly a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
subtype: paratrooper__para a soldier in the paratroops
subtype: peacekeeper.soldier a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
subtype: pistoleer someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)
subtype: point_man__pointman a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol
subtype: ranker (British) an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces
subtype: regular.soldier a soldier in the regular army
subtype: reservist a member of a military reserve
subtype: rifleman.soldier a soldier whose weapon is a rifle
subtype: carabineer__carabinier a soldier whose rifle is a carbine
subtype: Section_Eight.soldier__sectioneight a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
subtype: tanker__tank_driver a soldier who drives a tank
subtype: territorial nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
subtype: Unknown_Soldier an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial
instance: Ethan_Allen__Allen Chevalier_de_Bayard__Bayard__Seigneur_de_Bayard__Pierre_Terrail__Pierre_de_Terrail Cesare_Borgia__Borgia Thomas_Wentworth_Storrow_Higginson__Higginson__Thomas_Higginson Thaddeus_Kosciusko__Kosciusko__Kosciuszko__Tadeusz_Andrzej_Bonawentura_Kosciuszko Marquis_de_Lafayette__Lafayette__La_Fayette__Marie_Joseph_Paul_Yves_Roch_Gilbert_du_Motier Thomas_Edward_Lawrence__Lawrence__T._E._Lawrence__Lawrence_of_Arabia Lighthorse_Harry_Lee__Lee__Henry_Lee Mohammed_Ali__Mehemet_Ali__Muhammad_Ali Daniel_Morgan__Morgan Sir_Henry_Percy__Percy__Hotspur__Harry_Hotspur Juan_Domingo_Peron__Peron Jan_Christian_Smuts__Smuts Tancred
subtype: striper a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service; "he's a four-striper"
subtype: veteran__vet__exserviceman a person who has served in the armed forces
subtype: veteran_soldier__veteransoldier__veteran a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
subtype: military_volunteer__volunteer__voluntary a person who freely enlist for military service
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