Meaning

• A member of an army, of any rank.

• A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.

• A guardsman.

• A member of the Salvation Army.

• A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.

• A term of affection for a young boy.

• Someone who fights or toils well.

• The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).

• One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.

• A red herring (cured kipper with flesh turned red).

Meaning

• To continue steadfast; to keep striving.

• To serve as a soldier.

• To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

• To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.