professional soldier
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“There is a very strict selection process there. Everyone is a professional soldier – no conscripts,” he explains.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
Oleh is a professional soldier - noted by the tattoo across his left arm reading "pugnare cum gladio," Latin for "fight with a sword."
From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022
Byun voluntarily joined as a non-commissioned officer to become a professional soldier.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
HAL 9000 had way more human inflection than this grim professional soldier.
From Time • May 30, 2013
The professional soldier as distinguished from the feudal militia or the train-bands of the towns was odious to the later middle ages.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
