soudard
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:Breton terms borrowed from Old French#SOUDARDCategory:Breton terms derived from Old French#SOUDARD souldart.
Pronunciation
Noun
soudard m (plural soudarded)Category:Breton lemmas#SOUDARDCategory:Breton nouns#SOUDARDCategory:Breton entries with incorrect language header#SOUDARDCategory:Breton masculine nouns#SOUDARDCategory:Pages with entries#SOUDARDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SOUDARD
Derived terms
- soudardez (“female soldier”)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#SOUDARDCategory:French terms derived from Old French#SOUDARD souldart, from soldee, souldee, soudee + -art.
Pronunciation
Noun
soudard m (plural soudards, feminine soudarde)Category:French lemmas#SOUDARDCategory:French nouns#SOUDARDCategory:French countable nouns#SOUDARDCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#SOUDARDCategory:French masculine nouns#SOUDARDCategory:Pages with entries#SOUDARDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SOUDARD
- (derogatoryCategory:French derogatory terms#SOUDARD) battle-hardened, brutish, or roughneck soldier
- (archaicCategory:French terms with archaic senses#SOUDARD) mercenary (person employed to fight in armed conflict)
- Synonym: mercenaire
Related terms
Further reading
- “soudard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
Etymology
From Old FrenchCategory:Norman terms inherited from Old French#SOUDARDCategory:Norman terms derived from Old French#SOUDARD souldart. Compare Walloon sôdård.
Noun
soudard m (plural soudards)Category:Norman lemmas#SOUDARDCategory:Norman nouns#SOUDARDCategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#SOUDARDCategory:Norman masculine nouns#SOUDARDCategory:Pages with entries#SOUDARDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SOUDARD
- (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#SOUDARD) soldier
- (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#SOUDARD) red spider
- Synonym: rouoge soudard
Derived terms
- sîmpl'ye soudard (“private”)
- soudarder (“to be a soldier”)