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Meaning of tin soldier | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A toy soldier made out of tin.
  2. One who only plays at being a soldier.
    derogatory

Equivalents

Deutsch Zinnsoldat
Suomi tinasotamies tinasotilas
Français soldat de plomb
Magyar ólomkatona
Íslenska tindáti
日本語 スズの兵隊 ブリキの兵隊
Polski żołnierzyk
Português soldadinho de chumbo
Русский оловянный солдатик
Svenska tennsoldat
Türkçe kurşun asker

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tin tab tin tabernacle tin tetrachloride tin whisker tin whistle Tin-ao

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