"child soldier" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-child soldier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: child soldiers [plural], children soldiers [plural, rare]
Head templates: {{en-noun|+|children soldiers<l:rare>}} child soldier (plural child soldiers or (rare) children soldiers)
  1. A child who is made to fight in a military conflict (or at least train for this). Translations (minor who is put to use for military purposes): uşaq əsgər (Azerbaijani), 童兵 (tóngbīng) (Chinese Mandarin), børnesoldat [common-gender] (Danish), barnesoldat [common-gender] (Danish), کودک سرباز (kōdak sarbāz) (Dari), kindsoldaat [masculine] (Dutch), infansoldato (Esperanto), lapsisotilas (Finnish), enfant soldat [masculine] (French), enfant-soldat [masculine] (French), Kindersoldat [masculine] (German), کودک سرباز (kudak sarbâz) (Iranian Persian), bambino soldato [masculine] (Italian), baby soldato [masculine] (Italian), 少年兵 (shōnenhei) (Japanese), 소년병 (sonyeonbyeong) (alt: 少年兵) (Korean), barnesoldat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barnesoldat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), criança-soldado [feminine] (Portuguese), crianças-soldado [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), ребёнок-солда́т (rebjónok-soldát) [masculine] (Russian), де́ти-солда́ты (déti-soldáty) [neuter, plural] (Russian), niño soldado [masculine] (Spanish), barnsoldat [masculine] (Swedish), çocuk asker (Turkish), binh lính trẻ em (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "minor who is put to use for military purposes",
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          "word": "bambino soldato"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "sense": "minor who is put to use for military purposes",
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          "word": "baby soldato"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "shōnenhei",
          "sense": "minor who is put to use for military purposes",
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          "roman": "kōdak sarbāz",
          "sense": "minor who is put to use for military purposes",
          "word": "کودک سرباز"
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          "code": "fa",
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