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Synonyms for soldiery

Most common

army troops military personnel

All synonyms

Noun

1. Troops — soldiers considered as a group

troops, army, military personnel

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Soldiers considered as a group.

Forms

Plural
soldieries → armies, militaries…

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Soldiery, Military or Forces?

Military is a general word for land-forces; the military may include all the armed soldiery of a nation, or the term may be applied to any small detached company, as at a fort, in distinction from civilians.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • army "Your army is impotent against mine!!" he laughed.
  • troops German troops were sent into the Rhineland region.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
soldierysteady
armysteady
troopssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
army2
6 letters
troops1
8 letters
military4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (army2 = 2 syllables).