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soldier | false |

As a proper noun soldier

is a city in iowa.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

soldier

English

Alternative forms

* soldior (obsolete) * soldiour (obsolete) * souldier (obsolete) * souldior (obsolete) * souldiour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of an army, of any rank.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
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  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
  • *2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
  • *:Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
  • A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier .
  • A guardsman.
  • A member of the Salvation Army.
  • A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.
  • A term of affection for a young boy.
  • Someone who fights or toils well.
  • The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini ).
  • One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
  • Synonyms

    * (member of an army) grunt, sweat, old sweat, Tommy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To continue.
  • To be a soldier.
  • To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. Has also been called dogging it'' or ''goldbricking . (Originally from the way that conscripts may approach following orders. Usage less prevalent in the era of all-volunteer militaries.)
  • Derived terms

    * soldierly

    See also

    * soldier on * toy soldier, plastic soldier * soldier ant, soldier bee * soldier of fortune * construction soldier

    Anagrams

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    false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
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  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
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  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

    Anagrams

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