Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aimer | one who aims. |
| alferez | (Arabic) a standard-bearer. |
| armorer | (US) an armourer. |
| armourer | one in charge of weapons. |
| arquebusier | a soldier armed with an arquebus. |
| artillerist | one who operates artillery. |
| artilleryman | a soldier in the artillery. |
| askari | (Arabic) an E. African soldier or policeman. |
| axeman | one who wields an axe. |
| axman | one who wields an axe. |
| baresark | (ON) a Norse warrior who fought without armour, or shirt of mail. |
| bashibazouk | one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| bersagliere | (Ital.) a rifleman of the Italian army. |
| berserk | (ON) a Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. |
| berserker | (ON) a Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. |
| berserkly | (Adv.) BERSERK, like a Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. |
| billman | one who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax. |
| bombarder | one who bombards. |
| bostangi | (Hist.) a Turkish palace guard. |
| camelry | troops mounted on camels. |
| cannoneer | a soldier who managed and fired a cannon. |
| cannonier | a soldier who managed and fired a cannon. |
| carabineer | a soldier armed with a carbine. |
| carabinier | a soldier armed with a carbine. |
| carbineer | a soldier armed with a carbine. |
| carbinier | a soldier armed with a carbine. |
| cateran | (Scots) a military irregular or brigand. |
| cavalryman | a cavalry soldier. |
| cavass | (Turkish) an armed attendant in Turkey. |
| centinel | (Obs.) a sentinel or sentry. |
| centinell | (Obs.) a sentinel or sentry. |
| centonel | (Spenser) a sentinel or sentry. |
| centonell | (Spenser) a sentinel or sentry. |
| charioteer | one who drives a chariot; (verb, arch.) to drive in a chariot. |
| chetnik | (Serbian) a Serbian resistance fighter involved in guerrilla warfare against Turkish rule in the 19th century. |
| chindit | (Burmese) an Allied fighter behind the Japanese lines in Burma. |
| codebreaker | one whose job is to break codes. |
| comitatus | (Lat.) a band of warriors who escort a prince. |
| commando | a specialist assault soldier. |
| commissariat | a department, esp military, for the supply of food etc.; food supplied; a government department in the USSR. |
| condottiere | (Ital.) a hired soldier; a mercenary. |
| conquistador | a conqueror; spec. any of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th cent. |
| continental | relating to a continent (noun) an American soldier of the Revolution in the Continental army |
| corpsman | an enlisted man trained in first aid. |
| cossack | (Russian) a Russian cavalryman. |
| cuirassier | (Fr.) a soldier who wears a cuirass. |
| decuria | (Lat.) a company of ten or more Roman soldiers under a decurion. |
| decury | (Lat.) a company of ten or more Roman soldiers under a decurion. |
| dogface | a soldier in the US army. |
| dogrobber | an army cook. |
| draftee | one who is drafted. |
| dragoon | a heavy cavalry; (verb) to compel by military bullying; to compel by force. |
| drillmaster | an instructor in military drill. |
| drummy | (S. Afr.) a drum majorette. |
| enomoty | (Greek) a band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath. |
| espial | a scout or spy. |
| estafette | (Fr.) a mounted courier. |
| etat | (Fr.) the staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel. |
| evzone | (Mod. Gr.) a soldier in an elite Greek infantry regiment. |
| fedayee | (Arabic) an Arab commando, esp one involved in the conflict against Israel. |
| fencible | a soldier enlisted for home service only. |
| flanker | a player on the flank; (verb, obs.) to protect against a flank attack. |
| foederatus | (Lat.) a conquered enemy of Rome; an auxiliary soldier fighting for the Romans. |
| footguards | guards that serve on foot. |
| footman | a soldier who marches and fights on foot. |
| fusileer | formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil, now simply a historical title borne by a few regiments. |
| fusilier | formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil, now simply a historical title borne by a few regiments. |
| fyrd | (OE) a local militia in Anglo-Saxon times. |
| galloglass | (Irish) the irregular infantry of Ireland, and the Highlands of Scotland. |
| gallowglass | (Irish) the irregular infantry of Ireland, and the Highlands of Scotland. |
| generally | (Adv.) GENERAL, widespread. |
| ghazi | (Arabic) a Muslim warrior who has fought the infidel. |
| gonfalonier | a person who carries a gonfalon; the chief magistrate in some medieval Italian republics. |
| grenadier | a soldier who threw grenades; then, a member of the first company of every battalion of foot-soldiers. |
| guardee | (Coll.) a guardsman. |
| guardsman | a soldier of the Guards. |
| guerilla | a member of an irregular force engaging in warfare or in the harassment of an army. |
| guerrilla | a member of an irregular force engaging in warfare or in the harassment of an army. |
| guerrillero | a guerrilla, someone who takes part in guerrilla warfare. |
| gunlayer | a person who sets the sights of a ship's gun. |
| gunner | one that operates a gun. |
| gunnership | the office of gunner. |
| gyrene | (Arch.) a US marine. |
| hackbuteer | one who uses a hackbut, an arquebus. |
| hackbutter | one who uses a hackbut. |
| hagbuteer | one who uses a hagbut. |
| hagbutter | one who uses a hagbut. |
| haiduk | (Hungarian) a brigand, a guerilla warrior. |
| halberdier | one who is armed with a halberd. |
| harquebusier | a soldier armed with an arquebus. |
| heyduck heiduc | (Hungarian) a brigand, a guerilla warrior. |
| hobbler | (Obs.) a person required to keep a horse for military service. |
| hoplite | (Greek) a heavily armed Greek foot soldier. |
| hoplitic | of or like a hoplite, a heavily armed Greek foot soldier. |
| hussar | (Hungarian) a light cavalryman. |
| impi | (Zulu) a regiment of Zulu warriors. |
| infanteer | a Canadian word for an infantryman. |
| infantry | a branch of the army composed of foot soldiers. |
| infantryman | an infantry soldier. |
| jackman | a soldier wearing a jack, a kind of leather armour. |
| janisary | (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards. |
| janissary | (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards. |
| janizar | (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards. |
| janizary | (Turkish) a soldier of the old Turkish footguards. |
| jarhead | an American marine soldier. |
| jawan | (Urdu) an Indian common soldier. |
| jayhawker | a name given to a freebooting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla. |
| kavass | (Turkish) an armed attendant in Turkey. |
| kern | an Irish foot-soldier; (verb) to granulate. |
| kerne | an Irish foot-soldier. |
| kernish | relating to a kern, an Irish foot-soldier. |
| lancer | a cavalryman armed with a lance. |
| landsknecht | (Hist.) a mercenary foot-soldier of the 16th century. |
| lansquenet | (Fr.) a mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century. |
| lanzknecht | (Ger.) a mercenary foot-soldier of the 16th century. |
| lashkar | (Hindi) a body of armed Indian tribesmen. |
| leatherneck | a member of the United States Marine Corps. |
| legionary | a member of a legion. |
| legionnaire | (Fr.) a member of the French Foreign Legion. |
| longbowman | an archer who uses a longbow. |
| marine | related to the sea; (noun) a soldier trained for service at sea and on land. |
| markman | an expert shot. |
| marksman | an expert shot. |
| markswoman | a woman skilled in shooting at a mark or target. |
| martialist | a warrior. |
| matross | (Obs.) an artillery soldier next in rank below a gunner. |
| merc | (Short for) a mercenary. |
| mercenarily | (Adv.) MERCENARY, hired for money. |
| mercenary | hired for money; motivated by the hope of reward (noun) one who works for reward only |
| militar | (Obs.) military. |
| militarily | (Adv.) MILITARY, relating to armed forces. |
| militarist | a military man. |
| military | relating to armed forces (noun) armed forces |
| militia | (Lat.) a military force raised from the civilian population, as distinguished from mercenaries or professional soldiers. |
| militiaman | a member of a militia. |
| minuteman | in the American Revolution, a militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice. |
| missileer | one responsible for the firing of missiles. |
| missileman | one engaged in designing, building, or operating guided missiles. |
| mitrailleur | (Fr.) a machine-gunner. |
| mortarman | a person firing a mortar. |
| mosstrooper | (Hist.) a 17th century border raider. |
| musketeer | a soldier who uses a musket. |
| outguard | a guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army. |
| palikar | (Mod. Gr.) a Greek soldier. |
| pandoor | one of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army. |
| pandour | one of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army. |
| paratroop | relating to paratroops, troops trained to drop by parachute. |
| paratrooper | a member of the paratroops. |
| paratroops | troops carried by air. |
| paviser | a soldier carrying a pavis, a shield for the entire body. |
| peltast | (Greek) an ancient Greek soldier with a pelta, a light shield. |
| pentomic | of an army division, formed in five units, esp when using atomic weapons. |
| perdu | (Fr.) lost to view; in concealment or ambush; (noun, Shakesp.) one lying in ambush. |
| perdue | (Fr.) lost to view; in concealment or ambush; (noun, Shakesp.) one lying in ambush. |
| pikeman | a soldier who uses a pike. |
| pindaree | (Hindi) a mercenary freebooter troublesome in India. |
| pindari | (Hindi) a mercenary freebooter troublesome in India. |
| pioner | (Shakesp.) a military pioneer. |
| pioning | (Arch.) pioneer work. |
| pistoleer | (Obs.) one who uses a pistol. |
| pistolero | one who uses a pistol. |
| pistolier | one who uses a pistol. |
| pivotman | a soldier on whom a formation turns. |
| poilu | (Fr. sl.) an infantry soldier in World War One. |
| pointman | the soldier at the head of a patrol. |
| polemarch | a title of several officials in ancient Greek states, orig a military commander. |
| pricker | a light horseman employed as a skirmisher or scout. |
| protospathaire | (Hist.) the captain of the guards at Byzantium. |
| protospatharius | (Hist.) the captain of the guards at Byzantium. |
| pultan | (Hindi) an Indian infantry regiment. |
| pulton | (Hindi) an Indian infantry regiment. |
| pultoon | (Hindi) an Indian infantry regiment. |
| pultun | (Hindi) an Indian infantry regiment. |
| pyoner | (Shakesp.) a military pioneer. |
| quartermaster | one in charge of stores. |
| quartermistress | a female quartermaster. |
| rapparee | (Irish) a wild Irish plunderer, esp one of the 17th century. |
| reb | a rebel, a Confederate soldier. |
| redcap | a military police officer. |
| redcoat | a British soldier. |
| reiter | (Ger.) a German cavalry soldier; (verb) to reiterate. |
| rereward | the rearguard of an approaching army. |
| reservist | a member of a reserve force. |
| rifleman | a soldier armed with a rifle. |
| ronin | (Japanese) a lordless samurai. |
| roughrider | a rider of untrained horses; a horse-breaker. |
| rutter | (Obs.) a horseman or trooper. |
| sabreur | (Fr.) a person, esp a cavalry officer, who fights with a sabre. |
| sandbagger | an assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. |
| sapper | one who digs tunnels. |
| scurrier | (Obs.) a scout. |
| scurriour | (Obs.) a scout. |
| sebundy | (Urdu) in India, an irregular soldier or soldiers. |
| selictar | (Turkish) a sword-bearer. |
| sentry | one who stands guard. |
| sepoy | (Hist.) an Indian soldier. |
| serafile | a file of officers or men appointed to ride at the rear rank of a squadron. |
| serrefile | (Fr.) a file of officers or men appointed to ride at the rear rank of a squadron. |
| serviceman | a male member of the armed forces. |
| servicewoman | a woman who is a member of the armed forces. |
| sharpshooter | a marksman. |
| siege | the act or process of surrounding a town or fortress; (verb) to subject to a siege. |
| sieger | a besieger. |
| silladar | (Urdu) an irregular cavalryman who provided his own horse and arms. |
| skirmisher | one who skirmishes. |
| skyman | a paratrooper. |
| snaphance | (Obs.) a freebooter; a flintlock; a spring catch or trap. |
| snaphaunce | (Obs.) a freebooter; a flintlock; a spring catch or trap. |
| snaphaunch | (Obs.) a freebooter; a flintlock; a spring catch or trap. |
| sniper | one that snipes. |
| sodger | (Coll.) soldier; (verb) to soldier. |
| soger | (Dial.) a soldier. |
| soldado | (Spanish) a soldier. |
| soldier | a person engaged in military service (verb) to perform military service |
| soldierly | like a soldier. |
| soldiership | the state of being a soldier. |
| soldiery | soldiers collectively. |
| souldier | (Arch.) a soldier; (verb) to soldier. |
| sowar | (Urdu) a mounted soldier. |
| sowarree | (Urdu) a mounted retinue, a cavalcade. |
| sowarry | (Urdu) a mounted retinue, a cavalcade. |
| spadassin | (Ital.) a swordsman; a fighter. |
| spahee | (Turkish) formerly, a Turkish or French Algerian cavalryman. |
| spahi | (Turkish) formerly, a Turkish or French Algerian cavalryman. |
| spearman | one who wields a spear. |
| spetsnaz | (Russian) a select military unit in the former Soviet Union. |
| spetznaz | (Russian) a select military unit in the former Soviet Union. |
| spial | (Obs.) a spy, a scout. |
| spotter | one who spots eg for artillery. |
| spyal | (Spenser) a spy. |
| spycatcher | a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities. |
| squaddie | (Coll.) a soldier. |
| squaddy | (Coll.) a soldier. |
| stradiot | (Hist.) a Venetian light horseman from Albania or Greece. |
| strategist | one skilled in strategy. |
| strelitz | (Russian) a soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army. |
| sworder | (Arch.) a gladiator, a swordsman. |
| swordman | one who wields a sword. |
| swordsman | one who wields a sword. |
| swordsmanship | the skills of the swordsman. |
| swordswoman | a woman who uses a sword. |
| targeteer | (Hist.) one who is armed with a target or shield. |
| tercio | (Spanish) an infantry regiment, orig Spanish. |
| territorial | relating to territory (noun) a member of a territorial military unit |
| territoriality | the state of being territorial. |
| territorially | (Adv.) TERRITORIAL, relating to territory. |
| tertia | (Scott) an infantry regiment, orig Spanish. |
| timariot | (Hist.) a Turkish feudal militiaman. |
| tirailleur | (Fr.) a skirmisher; a sharpshooter. |
| torpedoer | one who torpedoes. |
| torpedoist | one whose job is to fire torpedoes. |
| trainband | (Hist.) a band of citizens from the 16c to 18c trained to bear arms. |
| trooper | a cavalryman. |
| turcopole | (Mod. Gr.) a light-armed soldier of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. |
| turcopolier | a turcopole commander, always an Englishman. |
| uhlan | (Ger.) a light cavalryman in semi-oriental uniform; a Prussian lancer. |
| ulan | (Ger.) a light cavalryman in semi-oriental uniform; a Prussian lancer. |
| unsoldierlike | not like a soldier. |
| vanguard | the forefront; the troops that march at the head of the army. |
| vedette | (Fr.) a mounted sentry stationed to watch for enemy. |
| velites | (Lat.) foot-soldiers of ancient Rome. |
| vexillary | a standard-bearer. |
| vidette | (Fr.) a mounted sentry stationed to watch for enemy. |
| vidicon | a small television camera tube operating on the photoconducting principle. |
| voltigeur | (Fr.) a lightly armed skirmisher. |
| waac | a member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp. |
| wardog | a dog used in war; an old warrior. |
| warfarer | one engaged in warfare. |
| warman | a warrior. |
| warrioress | a female warrior. |
| weaponeer | a person associated with the use and maintenance of weapons, esp nuclear weapons; (verb) to design weapons, especially nuclear weapons. |
| zouave | (Fr.) one of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, orig Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress. |