professional soldier

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandsoldier

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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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 ofprofessionalandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was perhaps the view of theprofessionalsoldier.
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The would-be officer ought to have a harder training than any private, because, after all, he is going to be aprofessionalsoldier.
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In fact, the professional diplomat got us into a mess and then called in theprofessionalsoldierto get us out of it.
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Has he not been on half-pay now for eight months, and for aprofessionalsoldieris not that a very serious thing?
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Is theprofessionalsoldierless of a patriot than the volunteer?
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A constituent of mine, not a speculator, not a developer, but aprofessionalsoldier, bought a farmhouse as a home against his retirement.
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I sincerely hope that it is, but my training as aprofessionalsoldierleads me to doubt it very much.
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Her son, she explained, was aprofessionalsoldierwho was still serving.
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We cannot entirely rely upon theprofessionalsoldierto win the war for us.
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I cannot recall suffering even one day's sickness in all my service as aprofessionalsoldier.
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They have a rule which imposes an eight-year residence limit, which means that no retiredprofessionalsoldiercan ever hope for any accommodation.
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However, the career orprofessionalsoldieris probably a married man.
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If we give theprofessionalsoldierpay equivalent to that of outside employment, it must be accompanied by living accommodation of like standard.
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He joins because he wants to be aprofessionalsoldier.
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I suspect that he spoke for all of those of his age when he said how much he would have resented, as aprofessionalsoldier, being left behind.
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It is difficult enough to find work at that age, with only the experience of theprofessionalsoldierbehind him, and more so with only one leg.
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I was aprofessionalsoldier.
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