soldiering

[ sohl-jer-ing ]

noun

1. the activity or career of a person who soldiers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of soldiering¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; soldier + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Reprinted with permission from WWII: A Chronicle of Soldiering by James Jones, published by the University of Chicago Press.

From The Daily Beast

But the confusion points to more serious problems with how our society thinks about both sex and soldiering.

From The Daily Beast

But there are two other candidates as well who are soldiering along without any national attention.

From The Daily Beast

As a teenager he developed a passion for soldiering, or, rather, the idea of it.

From The Daily Beast

As a result, some allege that in Iraq he created a culture of aggressive soldiering—one that may have gone too far.

From The Daily Beast

We shall then find it to have been one of the doubtful advantages that were gained by long years of Low Country soldiering.

From Project Gutenberg

A Crown-Prince of Prussia, ought he not to learn soldiering, of all things; by every opportunity?

From Project Gutenberg

He is more and more intimate with Leopold, and loves good soldiering beyond all things.

From Project Gutenberg

He is nephew of George I.'s lean mistress; who also was a Schulenburg originally, and conspicuous not for soldiering.

From Project Gutenberg

It would be cruel to Adele for you to marry her before the war is over, or until you at any rate have done with soldiering.

From Project Gutenberg