soldiery
IPA: sˈoʊɫdʒɝi
noun
- Soldiers considered as a group.
- The profession or skill of being a soldier.
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Examples of "soldiery" in Sentences
- Note: This panegyric on the soldiery is rather too liberal.
- He became an Independent, and all the soldiery were his friends.
- One of the highest-priced items to be had among the soldiery was a deck of cards.
- There can be no doubt of it -- the soldiery were a very considerable part of the nation.
- The pilgrims then muster in great numbers; but the soldiery is reduced to a small escort.
- In addition to the soldiery was a multitude of non-combatants and other incumbrances, which
- The colonist detested him for his exactions, while his soldiery were a scourge to every district they were quartered upon.
- By this time he had decided to act, and doubtless the fervid Jacobinism of the soldiery was the chief cause determining his action.
- And truly, until my hands were bound, and I was limited, (to my own great satisfaction, as many can bear me witness,) while I had in my hands so great a power and arbitrariness -- the soldiery were a very considerable part of these nations, especially all government being dissolved.
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