unknown soldier

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   an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial

   Broadersoldier

Questions about unknown soldier

What does unknown soldier mean?

unknown soldier means "an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial".

Is unknown soldier a common word?

unknown soldier is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.