common soldiery
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Wives, sisters and daughters of hidalgos came to visit, and the common soldiery had their mates.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
"In New York, in 1776, a rage for plundering, under pretence of taking Tory property, infected many of the common soldiery, and even some of the officers."
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton
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
What country but ours supplies such material to the ranks of its common soldiery?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy 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
