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
Jackson’s grandfather was a professional soldier in the British Army before the war began, and served in the conflict for its duration.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2018
HAL 9000 had way more human inflection than this grim professional soldier.
From Time ● May 30, 2013
A truly national army was indeed to appear once more in the history of the Peloponnesus, but in the meantime the professional soldier held the field.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
