A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person.
synoniem: hillbilly.
Roget 726:
combatant;
disputant,
controversialist,
polemic,
litigant,
belligerent;
competitor,
rival,
corrival†;
fighter,
assailant;
champion,
Paladin;
mosstrooper†,
swashbuckler fire eater,
duelist,
bully,
bludgeon man,
rough.
prize fighter,
pugilist,
boxer,
bruiser,
the fancy,
gladiator,
athlete,
wrestler;
fighting-cock,
game-cock;
warrior,
soldier,
fighting man,
Amazon,
man at arms,
armigerent†;
campaigner,
veteran;
swordsman,
sabreur†,
redcoat,
military man,
Rajput.
armed force,
troops,
soldiery,
military forces,
sabaoth†,
the army,
standing army,
regulars,
the line,
troops of the line,
militia,
yeomanry,
volunteers,
trainband,
fencible†;
auxiliary,
bersagliere†,
brave;
garde-nationale,
garde-royale [Fr.];
minuteman [U.S.];
auxiliary forces,
reserve forces;
reserves,
posse comitatus [Lat.],
national guard,
gendarme,
beefeater;
guards,
guardsman;
yeomen of the guard,
life guards,
household troops.
janissary;
myrmidon;
Mama,
Mameluke;
spahee†,
spahi†,
Cossack,
Croat,
Pandoz.
irregular,
guerilla,
partisan,
condottiere†;
franctireur [Fr.],
tirailleur†,
bashi-bazouk;
[guerilla organization names: list],
vietminh,
vietcong;
shining path;
contras;
huk,
hukbalahap.
mercenary,
soldier of fortune;
hired gun,
gunfighter,
gunslinger;
bushwhacker,
free lance,
companion;
Hessian.
hit man
torpedo,
soldier.
levy,
draught;
Landwehr [G.],
Landsturm [G.];
conscript,
recruit,
cadet,
raw levies.
infantry,
infantryman,
private,
private soldier,
foot soldier;
Tommy Atkins†,
rank and file,
peon,
trooper,
sepoy†,
legionnaire,
legionary,
cannon fodder,
food for powder;
officer
etc.
(commander)
745;
subaltern,
ensign,
standard bearer;
spearman,
pikeman†;
spear bearer;
halberdier†,
lancer;
musketeer,
carabineer†,
rifleman,
jager [G.],
sharpshooter,
yager†,
skirmisher;
grenadier,
fusileer†;
archer,
bowman.
horse and foot;
horse soldier;
cavalry,
horse,
artillery,
horse artillery,
light horse,
voltigeur [Fr.],
uhlan,
mounted rifles,
dragoon,
hussar;
light dragoon,
heavy dragoon;
heavy;
cuirassier [Fr.];
Foot Guards,
Horse Guards.
gunner,
cannoneer,
bombardier,
artilleryman†,
matross†;
sapper,
sapper and miner;
engineer;
light infantry,
rifles,
chasseur [Fr.],
zouave;
military train,
coolie.
army,
corps d'armee [Fr.],
host,
division,
battalia†,
column,
wing,
detachment,
garrison,
flying column,
brigade,
regiment,
corps,
battalion,
sotnia†,
squadron,
company,
platoon,
battery,
subdivision,
section,
squad;
piquet,
picket,
guard,
rank,
file;
legion,
phalanx,
cohort;
cloud of skirmishers.
war horse,
charger,
destrier.
marine,
man-of-war's man
etc.
(sailor)
269;
navy,
wooden walls,
naval forces,
fleet,
flotilla,
armada,
squadron.
[ships of war]
man-of-war;
destroyer;
submarine;
minesweeper;
torpedo-boat,
torpedo-destroyer;
patrol torpedo boat,
PT boat;
torpedo-catcher,
war castle,
H. M.S.;
battleship,
battle wagon,
dreadnought,
line of battle ship,
ship of the line;
aircraft carrier,
carrier.
flattop [Coll.];
helicopter carrier;
missile platform,
missile boat;
ironclad,
turret ship,
ram,
monitor,
floating battery;
first-rate,
frigate,
sloop of war,
corvette,
gunboat,
bomb vessel;
flagship,
guard ship,
cruiser;
armored cruiser,
protected cruiser;
privateer.
[supporting ships]
tender;
store ship,
troop ship;
transport,
catamaran;
merchant marine.
... meer laten zien
Roget 748:
freedom,
liberty,
independence;
license
etc.
(permission)
760;
facility
etc.
705.
scope,
range,
latitude,
play;
free play,
full play,
free scope,
full scope;
free stage and no favor;
swing,
full swing,
elbowroom,
margin,
rope,
wide berth;
Liberty Hall.
franchise,
denization†;
free man,
freed man,
livery man;
denizen.
autonomy,
self-government,
liberalism,
free trade;
noninterference
etc.
706;
Monroe Doctrine [U.S.].
immunity,
exemption;
emancipation
etc.
(liberation)
750;
enfranchisement,
affranchisement†.
free land,
freehold;
allodium†;
frankalmoigne [Fr.],
mortmain [Fr.].
bushwhacker;
freelance,
free thinker,
free trader;
independent.
... meer laten zien