"toy soldier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toy soldiers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} toy soldier (plural toy soldiers)
  1. A figurine created to resemble a miniature of a person outfitted for military combat. Wikipedia link: toy soldier Categories (topical): Toys Related terms: action figure Translations (toy soldier): leikkisotilas (Finnish), Spielzeugsoldat [masculine] (German), στρατιωτάκι (stratiotáki) [neuter] (Greek), soldatino [masculine] (Italian), ойыншық әскер (oiynşyq äsker) (Kazakh), żołnierzyk [masculine] (Polish), солда́тик (soldátik) [masculine] (Russian), leksakssoldat [common-gender] (Swedish), oyuncak asker (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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