Obs. Also 7 soldatt, soldate. [a. F. soldat: see SOLDADO.] A soldier.

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  α.  1584.  Hudson, Du Bartas’ Judith, 452. Alarm, soldats, alarme.

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1591.  Jas. I., Lepanto, 664. There a Chieftaine shrillie cries, And Soldats doth command.

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1638.  Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (ed. 2), 127. Within the Castle wall are raisd a hundred houses, stored with men, most part soldatts.

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1667.  R. L’Estrange, Vis. Quev., 144. Every little Whore takes upon her to be a Great Lady.… Every Huffe to be a Soldat.

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  β.  1652.  Roxb. Ball. (1891), VII. 479. A Soldate on a bench sleeping.

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1662.  J. Wilson, Cheats, IV. iv. By the faith of a Soldate, and a man of Arms, I will.

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