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Soldateska.

soldiers, army

10 characters4 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/zɔl.daˈtɛs.ka/
  1. soldiers, army

    collective · feminine · obsolete
  2. a band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers

    derogatory · feminine
  3. the mentality of such soldiers, the marauding and war crimes themselves

    feminine
Where this word comes from

17th century, from Italian soldatesca. Doublet of soldatisch, which has quite the opposite sense of “soldierly”.

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