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語源

squad +‎ -ie

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɒd.i/
• 韻: -ɒdi

名詞

squaddie (複数形 squaddies)

1. (slang, Britain) A private in the army.
   • 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 117:

     He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 164:

     Hard men from the high flats and off-dutie squaddies threw back their pints shoulder to shoulder in its spartan public bar.

派生語

Further reading

• “squaddie”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “squaddie, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• squaddie at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “squaddie” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

アナグラム

• quaddies