"soldiery" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 790",
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        "Soldiers considered as a group."
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "xcl",
          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "roman": "zōr",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
          "word": "զօր"
        },
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vojnstvo",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "войнство"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "vojsko"
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          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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          "word": "vojáci"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Soldaten"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "Soldatinnen"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "militia"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
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          "word": "askerler"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vójinstvo",
          "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "во́їнство"
        }
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        "The profession or skill of being a soldier."
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      "translations": [
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vojniklǎk",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "войниклък"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vojniško delo",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "word": "войнишко дело"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Heeresdienst"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Kriegsdienst"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Präsensdienst"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wehrdienst"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "saigteóracht"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/",
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  "word": "soldiery"
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    {
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "troops"
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      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "zōr",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "word": "զօր"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vojnstvo",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "войнство"
    },
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      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
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      "word": "vojáci"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Soldaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Soldatinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "askerler"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vójinstvo",
      "sense": "soldiers considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "во́їнство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vojniklǎk",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "войниклък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vojniško delo",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "word": "войнишко дело"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heeresdienst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kriegsdienst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Präsensdienst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wehrdienst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saigteóracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the profession or skill of being a soldier",
      "word": "askerlik"
    }
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  "word": "soldiery"
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