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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1650-1693
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Souldiarie, n. Also: -i(e)rie, -iery, -iarey, -iorey, suldiarie, soldiery. [e.m.E. sold- (1570), souldiourie (1579), soldiery (1580), -iarie (1598), souldery (1643); Souldiour n.] Soldiers, collectively; the military. 1650 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 616.
Souldiarie 1652 Glasgow B. Rec. II 237.
To seik ane contributioune for the towns helpe from the souldiarie 1652 Lamont Diary 50.
Souldierie 1653 Lamont Diary 54.
Souldirie 1657 Balfour Ann. I 149.
Nobilitey, gentrey, and souldiorey of France 1657 Balfour Ann. IV 343.
Souldiarey 1660 Nicoll Diary 279.
Suldiariepl. 1689 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II 42.
That the souldiries of the said gairshone breaks forth [etc.]
b. Soldiering, as a way of life. 1693 Dunlop P. III 77.
Oure way of living has been so long soldiery that it has put us out of a way of presently falling upon another method of liveing
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