sodger

• soger, sojer

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒdʒə/
• Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)

sodger (plural sodgers)

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) soldier
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter II, page 27:

     I'd have you to know; and though you are a sodger, and wear a red coat, let me tell you there is a tough colt in the woods that your two legs can't straddle.

• sodger in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• rodges