unknown soldier

collocation in English

meaningsofunknownandsoldier

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unknown
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnəʊn/us
/ʌnˈnoʊn/
not known ...
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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 ofunknownandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This could explain why one of the soldiers buried in the grave is anunknownsoldier.
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A statue of theunknownsoldiercan be seen near the base of the arch.
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Although it is also closed, each morning, there is a ceremony honoring theunknownsoldier.
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After theunknownsoldierwas lowered into the vault and rested on the soil below, the capstone was sealed with a marble lid.
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Notable landmarks include an astronomical observatory and a monument to anunknownsoldier.
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Besides these works, the portrait of anunknownsoldierwas also painted.
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It is similar to many other tombs of theunknownsoldierbuilt by the allies after the war.
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Looters took his tunic with all his decorations and all other types of identification, so he was buried as anunknownsoldier, but was later identified.
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He often called himself the son of anunknownsoldieras his father abandoned the family when he was very young and stopped using his surnames.
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When the new memorial complex was finished in 1938, the coffin with the remains of theunknownsoldierwas moved to the crypt inside the new monument.
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Prosthetic devices, novels about wounded men regaining virility, and tombs and precise rituals for unknown soldiers were nothing less than cultural objects of a nation bent on impression management.
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A monument at the west end of the church commemorates unknown soldiers buried in the cemetery.
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Of the 845 graves, 395 are of unknown soldiers.
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Such stories do not narrate real battles or exploits of noteworthy military people, being instead tragic stories of unknown soldiers, made up by the author.
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On the left and right are two incense-tables to remember our ancestors, people and unknown soldiers.
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It contains 56 graves, 52 are of unknown soldiers.
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