Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tin soldier

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: tin -sol-dier
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toy soldier made out of tin.

noun

One who only plays at being a soldier.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"By officers and men he was regarded as a tin soldier; by the church people generally, because of Parson Alvord's newspaper articles, he was thought to be a great hero."

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

tin soldiers (plural)

Questions

What does tin soldier mean?: A toy soldier made out of tin.

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