a wounded soldier

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• wounded\ soldier — A partially finished can or bottle of beer that can still be consumed. Ed: I can t find any more beer anywhere. Ted: Here, take this wounded soldier off me …   Dictionary of american slang

• wounded\ soldier — A partially finished can or bottle of beer that can still be consumed. Ed: I can t find any more beer anywhere. Ted: Here, take this wounded soldier off me …   Dictionary of american slang

• wounded — wound|ed [ˈwu:ndıd] adj 1.) injured by a weapon such as a gun or knife ▪ a wounded soldier 2.) very upset because of something that someone has said or done ▪ It was only wounded pride that stopped him from apologizing. 3.) the wounded people who …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wounded — adjective 1 injured by a weapon such as a gun or knife: a wounded soldier | mortally wounded (=injured so badly that you will die) 2 very upset because of something that someone has said or done: wounded pride 3 the wounded people who have been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Wounded Knee Massacre — Part of the Ghost Dance War, Sioux Wars Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the massacre at W …   Wikipedia

• Soldier Boys — is a 2001 novel by writer Dean Hughes. The story is set during the Second World War and tells the story of two teenagers, one American, the other German, who join their respective armies and fight at the battle of the bulge. Both the boy s… …   Wikipedia

• Wounded In Action — (WIA) classification for a soldier who was injured during battle …   English contemporary dictionary

• soldier — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brave, fine, good, great ▪ The president paid tribute to the brave soldiers who had lost their lives. ▪ trained ▪ experienced …   Collocations dictionary

• soldier — sol|dier1 W2S2 [ˈsəuldʒə US ˈsouldʒər] n ↑map [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: soudier, from soulde pay , from Late Latin solidus gold coin , from Latin solidus (adjective); SOLID1] a member of the army of a country, especially someone who …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Wounded Knee, Battle of — (1890)    In 1890, the U.S. Army went to the Sioux reservation in South Dakota to arrest Chief Sitting Bull. The federal government feared that Sitting Bull was encouraging the Sioux to attack white settlements. As the army attempted to arrest… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• wounded — adj. Wounded is used with these nouns: ↑animal, ↑ego, ↑man, ↑pride, ↑shoulder, ↑soldier, ↑veteran …   Collocations dictionary