infantry soldier

collocation in English

meaningsofinfantryandsoldier

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infantry
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈɪn.fən.tri/us
/ˈɪn.fən.tri/
the part of an army that fights ...
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soldier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsəʊl.dʒər/us
/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
a person who is in an army and wears its uniform, especially someone who fights when there is ...
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(Definition ofinfantryandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am the happier to do that as aninfantrysoldiermyself.
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I find that this problem affects particularly theinfantrysoldier.
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Nobody has yet put forward the claims of theinfantrysoldierand field gunners who manned the beaches during the invasion scare.
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What are the respective changes in the pay of the battalion commander and theinfantrysoldier?
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I was not a cavalry soldier but aninfantrysoldier.
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The idea that to be aninfantrysoldierneeded very little skill more or less continued until after this war broke out.
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Nobody seems to regard theinfantrysoldieras highly skilled.
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I defy anybody to produce in time of peace a fully trainedinfantrysoldierin 12 months.
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The task of the moderninfantrysoldieris an infinitely skilled one.
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The restoration of mobility in this war has brought back the need for theinfantrysoldierto be a highly skilled man.
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For how long is the ordinaryinfantrysoldier, who did not join to be a prison guard, trained?
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Theinfantrysoldierformerly had to do all the dirty work, but things have been changed greatly of late.
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There has been no increase in the regulation weight carried by aninfantrysoldierduring the last few years and there was a decrease of four pounds in 1924.
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If you only knew what the ordinaryinfantrysoldierhas to carry to-day you would not ask for anything more to be put on to these antiquated survivals.
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His case provides quite a good instance of the way in which we are able to employ a man who would not make, say, aninfantrysoldier.
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It depicts a 1950s-erainfantrysoldiercharging forward and gesturing for others to follow.
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His awaited "new artistic age" came for him when he volunteered to join the war between 1915 and 1916 as aninfantrysoldier.
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Horrocks, aninfantrysoldierwith no experience in dealing with cavalry, was an unusual choice for commander of an armoured division.
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Training consists of basicinfantrysoldierskills, individual battle task standards, and more advanced training such as urban operations, and live fire field exercises.
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