private soldier
Example Sentences
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He was convicted of mercenaryism, which means taking part in a military conflict for material reward as a so-called "private soldier".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
One of the officers revealed that although Yurii ranks as a simple private soldier, he basically runs this unit.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2023
Against the background of military and social collapse in 1870-1 France, we follow the intertwined destinies of the peasant corporal Jean Macquart and the bourgeois lawyer and private soldier Maurice Levasseur.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2011
In 1915, when he was 14, before he went to Eton, Leopold demanded and for six months was allowed to serve in his father's trenches as a private soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the lowliest private soldier had decided that the war would not be fought in the trenches again.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
