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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 soldier
2. the evasion of work or duty
Familiarity information: SOLDIERING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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