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soldatesque

/sɔl.da.tɛsk/

adjective/sɔl.da.tɛsk/

soldierly, soldierlike

Related: soldatesquement

Borrowed from Spanish soldadesco, itself borrowed from Italian soldatesco. By surface analysis, soldat + -esque.

noun, feminine/sɔl.da.tɛsk/plural: soldatesques

mob of unruly soldiers; army rabble

Near-synonym: piétaille

Synonyms: piétaille

Borrowed from Spanish soldadesco, itself borrowed from Italian soldatesco. By surface analysis, soldat + -esque.