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Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin soldātārius, extension of solidārius, soldārius (“mercenary, wage labourer”); compare Old Occitan soldadier soudadier and Old Spanish soldadero.
Noun
soldeier oblique singular, m (oblique plural soldeiers, nominative singular soldeiers, nominative plural soldeier)
- A soldier, especially a mercenary.
Descendants
- Middle French: soldoier, soudoier, soudoyer
- → Middle English: soudeour, saudeor, sauder, sawder, souder, soudeur, soudiour, soudour, souldeour, sowdiour, saudeour, saudiour, saudoier, saugeour, saugere, sawdeoure, sawdier, sawdioure, sawdyor, sawdyour, sawgeour, sodeour, sodiour, sodyour, sodyoure, sojour, soldeour, soudeor, soudeer, soudyour, souldeiour, souldioure, souldyour, sowdear, sowdeoure, sowdeiour, sowdyar, sowdyor, sowdyore, sowdyour, sowgeour, sowldeour (Late Middle English)