ordinary soldier

collocation in English

meaningsofordinaryandsoldier

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ordinary
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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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 ofordinaryandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The life of theordinarysoldierat the present time is constantly a life of control.
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Theordinarysoldieris not allowed to look an officer in the eye—he has to look above.
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It is no joke and, what is more, theordinarysoldierwill agree that it is no joke.
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I do not sec why theordinarysoldiershould be excluded from sitting as a member of a court-martial.
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I wonder what would be said if a poor,ordinarysoldieracted in that way!
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We, of course, knew that they had, but theordinarysoldierdid not know.
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They have to put up with none of the hardships, except in time of war, that theordinarysoldierhas to put up with.
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On the other hand, those of us who have been in the field have taken care that we know what theordinarysoldieris thinking.
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All that would be required is that they should be a highly disciplined force and armed in the same way as anordinarysoldier.
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I think theordinarysoldieris much more inclined to gravitate towards the towns than towards the country.
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In the old days theordinarysoldierhad two uniforms.
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But something could have been sent out to be passed down to theordinarysoldiermaking inquiries.
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Before these cuts came theordinarysoldierand sailors' pay was well below the poverty line and these cuts, therefore, only aggravate the position.
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I am not boggling at the rise in the standard of life of theordinarysoldier.
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Above all, they are moving documents of what modern warfare meant to theordinarysoldier.
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Theordinarysoldierwas, under the common law, placed in an utterly intolerable and impossible position.
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I am arguing that they ought to come under just such a provision as shall be provided for theordinarysoldier.
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Not every soldier wants that evidence, and, of course, this applies not only to theordinarysoldier, but to an officer as well.
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Is there an existing power in regard to officers, and, if not, why are they not subject to equal liabilities with theordinarysoldier?
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The danger in question was that officers would not have experience of the problems of theordinarysoldierand sailor.
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