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Middle English
- 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)
Etymology
From a combination of two distinct Old French nouns:
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɔu̯d(i)ˈuːr/, /ˌsɔu̯d(i)ˈeːr/, /ˈsɔu̯d(i)ur/, /ˈsɔu̯d(i)ər/, /sɔd-/, /sau̯d-/
Noun
soudeour (plural soudeours)
- A soldier; a member of an organised army.
- A mercenary; a hired soldier.
- (figurative) A fighter for God, Satan, etc.
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