sodger

English

Alternative forms

• soger, sojer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒdʒə/
• Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)

Noun

sodger (plural sodgers)

1. (nonstandard, dialect) soldier
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter II, page 27:

     I'd have you to know; and though you are a sodger, and wear a red coat, let me tell you there is a tough colt in the woods that your two legs can't straddle.

References

• “sodger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Odgers, rodges

Scots

Noun

sodger (plural sodgers)

1. soldier