professional soldier
Example Sentences
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Gadfly was mobilised in March and isn't a professional soldier.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2022
The man said he declined the offer because he was not a professional soldier and had never fired a shot since completing his service.
From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 2022
Byun voluntarily joined as a non-commissioned officer to become a professional soldier.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Some celebrants of today’s volunteer Army think that the last centuries’ conscripts were comparatively inept, but Mr. Beevor, himself a former professional soldier, shows that many of these amateurs became pretty good at their trade.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2015
Such prejudices, or rather such systematic teaching, must inevitably lead to sharp separation between the professional soldier class and the rest of the people.
From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Bilse, Fritz Oswald
