Soldiers

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 079 v.07.

      Main Definitions

1. soldier 1 |n| a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
2. soldier 2 |n| a person of military skill or experience.
3. "George Washington was a great soldier."
4. soldier 3 |n| a person who contends or serves in any cause.
5. "A soldier of the liberty."
6. fighter |n| one who fights, such as a soldier or boxer.
7. warrior |n| a fighter or soldier, especially one in former times who was very brave and experienced in fighting.
8. 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.
9. troop |n| soldier on duty in a large group. 

      Soldiers Classifications

1. brigadier |n| |UK| an officer in the British army commanding a brigade and ranking
   
   immediately below a major general.
2. captain 1 |n| a military leader : the commander of a unit or a body of troops.
3. captain 2 |n| a subordinate officer commanding under a sovereign or general. 
4. captain 3 |n| a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a first lieutenant and below a major.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. colonel 2 |n| a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
8. commander 1 |n| a person in authority, especially over a body of troops or a military operation.
9. commander 2 |n| a rank of naval officer, above lieutenant commander and below captain.
10. 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.
11. commander 4 |n| a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain.
12. lieutenant 1 |n| a rank of officer in the British army, above second lieutenant and below captain.
13. lieutenant 2 |n| a rank of officer in the navy, above sub lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
14. lieutenant 3 |US||n| a Navy commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant commander.
15. lieutenant 4 |n| a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant junior grade and below a lieutenant commander.
16. major |n| a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
17. marshal |n| a military officer mariscal of the highest rank.
18. 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.
19. "A naval officer."
20. "A top-ranking officer."
21. recruit |n| a person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained.
22. sergeant 1|n| a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
23. sergeant 2 |US||n| any noncommissioned Air Force officer above the rank of airman first class.
24. sergeant 3 |n| a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps above a corporal and below a staff sergeant; broadly.

     Soldier Skills 

1. 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.
2. military police |n| soldiers who perform police duties within the army.
3. paratrooper |n| a member of a military infantry unit trained to attack or land in combat areas by parachuting from airplanes.
4. pilot |n| a person who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft.

      Branches 

1. aviation 1 |n| the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft.
2. aviation 2 |n| military aircraft. 
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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

1. injured |adj| an injured person or animal has physical damage to part of their body, usually as a result of an accident or fighting.
2. "The other injured man had a superficial stomach wound."
3. "Many of them will have died because they were so badly injured."
4. 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.
5. prisoner of war |n| a person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war.
6. deserter |n| a person who leaves the armed forces without permission with no intention to return.
7. enemy 1|n| a country, or the armed forces of a country that is at war with another country.
8. enemy 2 |n| a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
9. dodger / draft dodger |n| |US| one who evades compulsory military service.