common soldiery
Example Sentences
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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
"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
Wives, sisters and daughters of hidalgos came to visit, and the common soldiery had their mates.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
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
Bribery and treason could not be imputed to men so well esteemed, and the opinion gained ground among the common soldiery, that the peddler had dealings with the dark one.
From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore
