common soldiery
Example Sentences
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They were forced to make a part of the journey in wagons with the common soldiery and camp-retainers, and Aurore in this manner took the itch, to her mother's great mortification.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various
This battle was memorable because the English loss was mostly confined to the common soldiery, while among the French it was peculiarly fatal to the nobility.
From Comic History of England by Nye, Bill
Some of our common soldiery are, and I hope unjustly, suspected.
From Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe by Defoe, Daniel
He had always, on the other hand, affected much familiarity with the common soldiery.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
While the common soldiery are throwing their dice in the camp thoroughfare, these are speaking of more serious things.
From An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight by Sanford, Arthur Benton
