noun
a person engaged in military service
soldiers fighting and dying in futile wars
Synonyms: fighter, fighting man, GI, man-at-arms, serviceman, swad, ||swaddy, ||sweat, warrior
Related Word: dogface, doughboy, ||doughfoot, grunt, infantryman; trooper; guerrilla, partisan; condottiere, free companion, free lance, mercenary, soldier of fortune