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German
Etymology
17th century, from Italian soldatesca. Doublet of soldatisch, which has quite the opposite sense of “soldierly”.
Pronunciation
Noun
Soldateska f (genitive Soldateska, plural (rare) Soldatesken)
- (obsolete) soldiers collectively, army
- (derogatory) a band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers
- (by abstraction) the mentality of such soldiers, the marauding and war crimes themselves
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