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Definition of Sodger
1. n. & v. i. Var. of Soldier.
Definition of Sodger
1. Noun. Variant of soldier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sodger
1. a soldier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodger
Literary usage of Sodger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"sodger LADDIE (By Robert Burns. From The Jolly Beggars) I ONCE was a maid, tho*
I cannot tell when, An' still my delight is in proper young men; ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"What did ye wi' your wedding ring, ye What did ye wi' the bridal ring — bridal
little cutty quean, О ? I gied it till a sodger, ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"But the peace it reduc'd me to beg in despair, Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham
fair; My heart it rejoic'd at my sodger laddie. Sing, Lai de dal, &c. ..."
4. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger! 1 gat some gear
wi' mickle care, I held it weel thegither; But now it's gane, and something ..."
5. Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop: Correspondence Now Published in Full for the by Robert Burns (1898)
"14 For the AULD GUDEMAN o' LONDON COURT the king She did na care a pin ; But she
wad send this sodger YOUTH, To greet his ELDEST SON. ..."
6. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1880)
"No wonder I'm fond of a sodger laddie. The first of ray loves was a swaggering
blade, To rattle the thundering drum was his trade. ..."
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