professional soldier
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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
They had both been against the war from the start, but knowing Matthew was a professional soldier whose life was military service his parents accepted the risks.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2016
Some celebrants of today’s volunteer Army think that the last centuries’ conscripts were comparatively inept, but Mr. Beevor, himself a former professional soldier, shows that many of these amateurs became pretty good at their trade.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2015
“You must remember that he is a professional soldier, and his views are tainted by militarism.”
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
