wagon soldier


nounMilitary Slang.
  1. a field-artillery soldier.

Origin of wagon soldier

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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British Dictionary definitions for wagon soldier

wagon soldier

noun
  1. US slang a soldier belonging to the field artillery

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