Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.

Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab), of Europe. / Coenobita clypeatus (Caribbean hermit crab). / Dotilla myctiroides, a true crab from South-east Asia.

(US, military, historical) An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US Civil War up to the final racial integration of the US military, at the end of the Korean War.

(military) A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman / (figuratively, by extension) A rank and file member of an institution, or supporter of a cause.

A new military recruit without experience of combat. / Stratiotes aloides, a European aquatic plant with sword-shaped leaves.

Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.

(US, regional) A mayfly. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Canadian, soldier.

(figuratively) A devout and zealous Christian, especially one who proselytizes. / A person or group of people that believe in the use of force with arms to do God's work.

plural of soldier fly

plural of soldier beetle