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Noun: soldiering  sówl-ju-ring
  1. Skills that are required for the life of soldier
    "Basic training aims to develop soldiering in new recruits";
    - soldiership
Verb: soldier  sówl-ju(r)
  1. Serve as a soldier in the military
    "He soldiered for twenty years before retiring"
     
  2. [informal] To continue or persist despite adversity, difficulty, or hardship; to carry on with determination
    "Despite her illness, she soldiered on and finished the project";
    - soldier on [informal]

Derived forms: soldierings

Type of: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, pass, skill, spend

Encyclopedia: Soldiering

Soldier, Poet, King