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στρατιώτης — meaning in English

stratiotis

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English meaning

  • pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  • private adj Belonging to a particular person or group, rather than the public or the state.
  • soldier noun A person who serves in an army, especially one who is not an officer.

Senses

στρατιώτης is used for these senses in English:

  • pawn (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  • private A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
  • soldier A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

pawn — full definition

  1. verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  2. noun The least valuable chess piece, which moves forward and captures diagonally.
  3. noun A person being used or manipulated by someone more powerful, for their own ends.

private — full definition

  1. adj Belonging to a particular person or group, rather than the public or the state.
  2. adj Not meant to be shared or known publicly; confidential.
  3. adj Secluded from view or disturbance by others.
  4. noun The lowest-ranking soldier in an army.

Related Greek words