#soldier an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
supertype: #serviceman__military_man__man__military_personnel someone who serves in the armed forces; "two men stood sentry duty"
instance: #Ethan_Allen #Chevalier_de_Bayard #Cesare_Borgia #Thomas_Wentworth_Storrow_Higginson #Thaddeus_Kosciusko #Marquis_de_Lafayette #Thomas_Edward_Lawrence #Lighthorse_Harry_Lee #Mohammed_Ali #Daniel_Morgan #Sir_Henry_Percy #Juan_Domingo_Peron #Jan_Christian_Smuts #Tancred
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
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