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particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. [Obs.] "The gregarian soldiers." Howell.

Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Gren…

A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.

A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. Farrow. Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the p…

A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.

A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack.

In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army.

rtant or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers. An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at the head of them. Addison.

at, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.

of the family Paguridæ. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. -- Hermit thrush (Zoöl.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song.…

A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.

Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. Bacon.

A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

ly) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham.

A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of…

To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.] He gets too far into the soldier's grace And inches out my master. Dryden.