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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Soldier

originally meant a hireling or mercenary; one paid a solidus for military service; but hireling and soldier convey now very different ideas. (See above.)

To come the old soldier over one.
To dictate peremptorily and profess superiority of knowledge and experience.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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