Soldier vs. Militant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Soldier and Militant
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Soldier
A soldier is one who fights as part of a military. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer.
Militant
The English word militant is both an adjective and a noun, and is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin "warrior" meaning "to serve as a soldier".
Soldier
One who serves in an army.
Militant
Fighting or warring.
Soldier
An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.
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Militant
Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause
A militant political activist.
Soldier
An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization.
Militant
A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.
Soldier
A nonreproductive ant or termite that has a large head and powerful jaws.
Militant
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
Soldier
One of a group of honeybees that swarm in defense of a hive.
Militant
Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative.
Soldier
To be or serve as a soldier.
Militant
(obsolete) A soldier, a combatant.
Soldier
To make a show of working in order to escape punishment.
Militant
An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.
Soldier
A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
Militant
Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics.
Soldier
An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
Militant
Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
At which command the powers militant . . .Moved on in silence.
Soldier
A guardsman.
Militant
A militant reformer
Soldier
A member of the Salvation Army.
Militant
Engaged in war;
Belligerent (or warring) nations
A fighting war
Soldier
A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
Militant
Showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking;
Highly competitive sales representative
Militant in fighting for better wages for workers
His self-assertive and ubiquitous energy
Soldier
A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
Soldier
A term of approbation for a young boy.
Soldier
Someone who fights or toils well.
Soldier
The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
Soldier
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
Soldier
A red herring cured kipper with flesh turned red.
Soldier
(intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
Soldier
(intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
Soldier
(intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
Soldier
To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
Soldier
One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
Soldier
Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier.
Soldier
A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; - used by way of emphasis or distinction.
Soldier
The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.
Soldier
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.
Soldier
To serve as a soldier.
Soldier
To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling, or only soldiering.
Soldier
An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army;
The soldiers stood at attention
Soldier
A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
Soldier
Serve as a soldier in the military
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