soudard
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French souldart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːdart/
Noun
soudard m (plural soudarded)
- soldier
Derived terms
- soudardez (“female soldier”)
French
Etymology
From Old French souldart, from soldee, souldee, soudee + -art.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.daʁ/
Noun
soudard m (plural soudards, feminine soudarde)
- (derogatory) battle-hardened, brutish, or roughneck soldier
- (archaic) mercenary (person employed to fight in armed conflict)
Related terms
- soldat
- sou
- souder
Further reading
- “soudard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French souldart. Compare Walloon sôdård.
Noun
soudard m (plural soudards)
- (Jersey) soldier
- (Jersey) red spider
- Synonym: rouoge soudard
Derived terms
- sîmpl'ye soudard (“private”)
- soudarder (“to be a soldier”)