soldier-girl

English

Noun

soldier-girl (plural soldier-girls)

  1. A female soldier.
  2. A girlfriend of a soldier.
    • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 294:
      The bundle of rags with the semblance of a face had not been identified. Perhaps it never would be. Even if it were, who would connect it with a Yankee soldier-girl affectionately called Fairy Fay?