Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit NÂș 079 v.07.
Main Definitions
- soldier 1 |n| a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- soldier 2 |n| a person of military skill or experience.
- "George Washington was a great soldier."
- soldier 3 |n| a person who contends or serves in any cause.
- "A soldier of the liberty."
- fighter |n| one who fights, such as a soldier or boxer.
- warrior |n| a fighter or soldier, especially one in former times who was very brave and experienced in fighting.
- patrol |n| a soldier to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- troop |n| soldier on duty in a large group.
Soldiers Classifications
- brigadier |n| |UK| an officer in the British army commanding a brigade and ranking immediately below a major general.
- captain 1 |n| a military leader : the commander of a unit or a body of troops.
- captain 2 |n| a subordinate officer commanding under a sovereign or general.
- captain 3 |n| a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a first lieutenant and below a major.
- captain 4 |n| a commissioned officer in the navy ranking above a commander and below a commodore and in the coast guard ranking above a commander and below a rear admiral.
- colonel 1 |n| an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain i n the U.S. Navy.
- colonel 2 |n| a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
- commander 1 |n| a person in authority, especially over a body of troops or a military operation.
- commander 2 |n| a rank of naval officer, above lieutenant commander and below captain.
- commander 3 |n| an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- commander 4 |n| a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain.
- lieutenant 1 |n| a rank of officer in the British army, above second lieutenant and below captain.
- lieutenant 2 |n| a rank of officer in the navy, above sub lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
- lieutenant 3 |US||n| a Navy commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant commander.
- lieutenant 4 |n| a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant junior grade and below a lieutenant commander.
- major |n| a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- marshal |n| a military officer mariscal of the highest rank.
- officer |n| a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- "A naval officer."
- "A top-ranking officer."
- recruit |n| a person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained.
- sergeant 1|n| a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- sergeant 2 |US||n| any noncommissioned Air Force officer above the rank of airman first class.
- sergeant 3 |n| a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps above a corporal and below a staff sergeant; broadly.
Soldier Skills
- diver |n| a person who stays underwater for long periods by having air supplied from the surface or by carrying a supply of compressed air.
- military police |n| soldiers who perform police duties within the army.
- paratrooper |n| a member of a military infantry unit trained to attack or land in combat areas by parachuting from airplanes.
- pilot |n| a person who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft.
Branches
- aviation 1 |n| the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft.
- aviation 2 |n| military aircraft.
- air defense |n| all defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles in the Earth's envelope of atmosphere, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. Also called AD.
- infantry |n| a branch of an army composed of military units that fight on foot, typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
- Special Forces / Army Special Forces |US| |n| army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise indigenous forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.
Some Related Terms
- injured |adj| an injured person or animal has physical damage to part of their body, usually as a result of an accident or fighting.
- "The other injured man had a superficial stomach wound."
- "Many of them will have died because they were so badly injured."
- casualty |n| a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.
- prisoner of war |n| a person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war.
- deserter |n| a person who leaves the armed forces without permission with no intention to return.
- enemy 1|n| a country, or the armed forces of a country that is at war with another country.
- enemy 2 |n| a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- dodger / draft dodger |n| |US| one who evades compulsory military service.
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