professional soldier
Example Sentences
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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
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
HAL 9000 had way more human inflection than this grim professional soldier.
From Time • May 30, 2013
I said, of course, that this could be decided on when the war was over, and that meanwhile Julius could consider himself a professional soldier.
From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
