1.old soldier; veteran2.veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
1.to serve in the army2.to be a soldier
1.people's militia2.militia3.militiaman
1.military strength2.armed forces3.troops
1.military camp2.barracks
1.to levy troops2.recruitment
1.weaponry2.weapons3.arms
1.commando2.special forces soldier
1.artillery soldier2.gunner
troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
(military) reinforcements
relief troops; reinforcements
to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
1.figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead2.Terracotta Army (historic site)
1.mutiny2.(Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
1.art of war2.military strategy and tactics
1.(military) officers and soldiers2.officers and men3.(old) government troops
1.to review troops2.military parade
1.loose and disorganized soldiers2.stragglers3.fig. a loner
1.lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom)2.fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
paratrooper; airborne troops
1.lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat2.to fight at close quarters