Phrase guide

tin soldier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A toy soldier made out of tin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

One who only plays at being a soldier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

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History

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: оловен войник (oloven vojnik) — toy soldier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錫兵 /锡兵 (xī bīng) — toy soldier
  • Danish: tinsoldat — toy soldier
  • Estonian: tinasõdur — toy soldier
  • Finnish: tinasotilas — toy soldier
  • Finnish: tinasotamies — toy soldier
  • French: soldat de plomb — toy soldier
  • German: Zinnsoldat — toy soldier
  • Hungarian: ólomkatona — toy soldier
  • Icelandic: tindáti — toy soldier
  • Japanese: スズの兵隊 (suzu no heitai) — toy soldier
  • Japanese: ブリキの兵隊 (buriki no heitai) — toy soldier
  • Macedonian: оловен војник (oloven vojnik) — toy soldier
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tinnsoldat — toy soldier
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tinnsoldat — toy soldier
  • Polish: żołnierzyk — toy soldier
  • Portuguese: soldadinho de chumbo — toy soldier
  • Russian: оловя́нный солда́тик (olovjánnyj soldátik) — toy soldier
  • Serbo-Croatian: oловни војник — toy soldier
  • Serbo-Croatian: olovni vojnik — toy soldier
  • Swedish: tennsoldat — toy soldier
  • Turkish: kurşun asker — toy soldier