sodger
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɒdʒə/
- Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
Noun
sodger (plural sodgers)
- (nonstandard, dialect) soldier
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter II, page 27:
- I'd have you to know; and though you are a sodger, and wear a red coat, let me tell you there is a tough colt in the woods that your two legs can't straddle.
References
- “sodger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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