professional soldier
Example Sentences
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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
The man said he declined the offer because he was not a professional soldier and had never fired a shot since completing his service.
From Reuters • Jul. 8, 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
Yet his opponent, a stouter and darker man, with a sword-cut across his left temple, and that swaggering air which has at all times marked the professional soldier, showed no signs of triumph or elation.
From The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Weyman, Stanley John
