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SOLDIERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soldiering mean? 

SOLDIERING (noun)
  The noun SOLDIERING has 2 senses:

1. skills that are required for the life of soldierplay

2. the evasion of work or dutyplay

  Familiarity information: SOLDIERING used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOLDIERING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Skills that are required for the life of soldier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

soldiering; soldiership

Hypernyms ("soldiering" is a kind of...):

accomplishment; acquirement; acquisition; attainment; skill (an ability that has been acquired by training)

Derivation:

soldier (serve as a soldier in the military)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The evasion of work or duty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

goldbricking; goofing off; shirking; slacking; soldiering

Hypernyms ("soldiering" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)


 Context examples 


Ma foi! it is rough soldiering, and a good school for one who would learn to be hardy and war-wise.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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