squaddie
nounUK /ˈskwɒd.i/
Etymology From squad + -ie.
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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Slang A private in the army.
- He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 117:
- Hard men from the high flats and off-dutie squaddies threw back their pints shoulder to shoulder in its spartan public bar.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 164:
- Derived terms
- squaddie-proof