soldiers

3 definitions • 3 examples

a person who is in an army and wears its uniform, especially someone who fights when there is a war:

Soldiers were patrolling the streets.

a small rectangle of bread or toast (= warm, crisp bread) used for putting into the yellow liquid part of a boiled egg:

Do you want soldiers with your egg?

a person who is in an army and wears its uniform, esp. someone who fights when there is a war:

American/Italian/Chinese soldiers