fighting soldier

collocation in English

meaningsoffightingandsoldier

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fighting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
the act of people fighting, especially in ...
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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 offightingandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is partly because his training has equipped him to he an activefightingsoldier.
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A man who is worried and preoccupied by his private affairs cannot, in the nature of things, be a first-classfightingsoldier.
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I should like also to support the case put forward for the raising of the pay of the trainedfightingsoldier.
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We have also been paying a great deal of attention to the personal equipment of thefightingsoldier.
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He has shown not only the qualities of afightingsoldierbut those of a master of strategy.
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I spent three years as afightingsoldierin the last war.
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He is the man who understands above everything else the humane point of view of thefightingsoldier.
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But the training of afightingsoldiernormally takes at least six months.
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Today, thefightingsoldieris a mechanic who handles complicated equipment costing a great deal of money.
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I never cease to be amazed at the intelligence and, indeed, charity which the ordinaryfightingsoldier brings to this difficult, taxing and at times explosive duty.
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We want to prevent anyfightingsoldierhaving to be diverted by civilian affairs.
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The brother of this baker is not what one would call, in the strict sense of the term, afightingsoldier.
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He talked, quite rightly, about the problem of pay and seeing that thefightingsoldierkeeps up with the tradesman.
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I approach the subject entirely from the point of view of thefightingsoldier.
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If the officer is afightingsoldierhe has a batman, who acts as his runner, at the man's own wish.
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He said that the star system entailed greater equality between the various types of tradesmen and—to put a quick word to it— thefightingsoldier.
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That is simply contrary to what everyfightingsoldierknows.
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That fact was recognised in the star system and the ordinaryfightingsoldierwas given pay for the techniques which he had to acquire and use.
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He has been afightingsoldier.
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