litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival†; fighter, assailant;
champion, Paladin; mosstrooper†, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist,
bully, bludgeon man, rough.
prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator,
athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock; warrior, soldier, fighting
man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent†; campaigner, veteran; swordsman,
sabreur†, redcoat, military man, Rajput.
armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth†, the army,
standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia,
yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible†; auxiliary, bersagliere†,
brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale [Fr.]; minuteman [U.S.]; auxiliary
forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus [Lat.], national
guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard,
life guards, household troops.
janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee†, spahi†, Cossack,
Croat, Pandoz.
irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere†; franctireur [Fr.],
tirailleur†, bashi-bazouk; [guerilla organization names: list],
vietminh, vietcong; shining path; contras; huk, hukbalahap.
mercenary, soldier of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger;
bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian.
hit man torpedo, soldier.
levy, draught; Landwehr [G.], Landsturm [G.]; conscript, recruit,
cadet, raw levies.
infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier;
Tommy Atkins†, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy†, legionnaire,
legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer &c (commander) 745;
subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman†; spear bearer;
halberdier†, lancer; musketeer, carabineer†, rifleman, jager [G.],
sharpshooter, yager†, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer†; archer, bowman.
horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse
artillery, light horse, voltigeur [Fr.], uhlan, mounted rifles,
dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier [Fr.];
Foot Guards, Horse Guards.
gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman†, matross†; sapper,
sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles, chasseur [Fr.],
zouave; military train, coolie.
army, corps d'armee [Fr.], host, division, battalia†, column, wing,
detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps,
battalion, sotnia†, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision,
section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx,
cohort; cloud of skirmishers.
war horse, charger, destrier.
marine, man-of-war's man &c (sailor) 269; navy, wooden walls,
naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron.
[ships of war] man-of-war; destroyer; submarine; minesweeper;
torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer; patrol torpedo boat, PT boat; torpedo-
catcher, war castle, H.M.S.; battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought,
line of battle ship, ship of the line; aircraft carrier, carrier.
flattop [Coll.]; helicopter carrier; missile platform, missile
boat; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery; first-
rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship,
guard ship, cruiser; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; privateer.
[supporting ships] tender; store ship, troop ship; transport,
catamaran; merchant marine.