Examples of 'common soldiers' in a sentence

Meaning of "common soldiers"

common soldiers: This phrase is used to refer to regular or ordinary members of the military who do not hold high ranks or positions. It distinguishes them from elite troops, officers, or specialized units

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The common soldiers fought with courage.
Not be purchased for the common soldiers.
Common soldiers also were working class.
Genocide has been committed by common soldiers as well as by commanders.
Common soldiers were consigned to use as rowers on the royal galleys.
There must also be common soldiers.
Thousands of common soldiers also deserted in the general chaos.
The last two buildings were barracks for common soldiers.
None for common soldiers.
Officers received much more pay than common soldiers.
Some of the common soldiers were billeted with civilian families.
Who endured even more than the common soldiers did.
The common soldiers at left and right carry muskets.
They no longer needed us common soldiers when the war was over.
The common soldiers received the right of entering the Senate and the equestrian order.

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These were intended for junior officers or common soldiers who had distinguished themselves in combat.
Many of its common soldiers therefore held dissenting or radical views unique among English armies.
In addition many Mongol officers and common soldiers were taken prisoner.
Large numbers of common soldiers either mutinied or deserted the Imperial Russian Army.
The Olympic Games are not for common soldiers like me.
Common soldiers wore a grey-white uniform lined and faced with blue.
We are common soldiers.
It was an equipment of the officers, not of common soldiers.
Countless numbers of the English common soldiers were also killed in the aforesaid battle.
As was usual, no quarter was offered to the common soldiers.
The indictees by ICTY ranged from common soldiers to Prime Ministers and Presidents.
These were sensible innovations, which were appreciated by the common soldiers.
And even the common soldiers aren't fooled.
They are all cynical swordsmen, not common soldiers.
There is no evidence that auxiliary common soldiers received individual decorations, although auxiliary officers did.
But military glory - it is not even true for us common soldiers.
Others were ransomed, and some common soldiers appear to have been enslaved.
In fact, they were much more than just common soldiers.
Generals, officers, and common soldiers fought side by side down to the last bullet.
No prince or jagirdar was involved in this uprising, but it was the common soldiers.
What did they expect from the common soldiers under their command?
The junior members constituted the prince 's personal bodyguard and were common soldiers.
Other knights and common soldiers adopted the buckler, giving rise to the term " swashbuckler ".
Despite being principal administrator, he started a liaison with a street woman patronized by the common soldiers.
However, he asked that the procession emphasise the common soldiers who died on the battlefield.
Do Troy 's common soldiers carry weapons like this?
Impressed, the Duke later used the name as a generic term for common soldiers.
Tell me, ye common soldiers Who led you to battle, to naught?
These routines were carefully observed by Red Army staff officers, disguised as common soldiers.
Geoffrey FitzClare: One of six captains of the common soldiers at Faringdon.
I heard that there were hierarchies, commanders, sergeants, and common soldiers.
You use the term “ Wehrmacht ” to differentiate between the common soldiers and the High Command.

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