Synonyms for doughboy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : doh-boi

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdoʊˌbɔɪ

Définition of doughboy

Origin : "U.S. soldier," 1864, American English, said to have been in oral use from 1854, or from the Mexican-American War (1847), it is perhaps from resemblance of big buttons on old uniforms to a sort of biscuit of that name (1680s), but there are various other conjectures.

As in infantry : noun foot soldiers
As in GI : noun government issue; soldier

Example sentences :

This story was from the lips of a doughboy whose home was in Philadelphia.
Extract from : « The Fight for the Argonne » by William Benjamin West

But if a doughboy could not or would not pay, no questions were asked.
Extract from : « With the Doughboy in France » by Edward Hungerford

"Yes, sir, we certainly did see some aeroplanes," said a doughboy.
Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun

The doughboy was afraid it was going to be some more nurses and doctors.
Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun

I was in a base hospital one day when a doughboy came in all gory about the head.
Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun

Many of them were singing the national anthem of the doughboy, Hail!
Extract from : « Average Americans » by Theodore Roosevelt

The amazing part of the "show," however, was the American doughboy.
Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok

Jimmie strolled in, and there was a doughboy with whom he had had some chat on the transport.
Extract from : « Jimmie Higgins » by Upton Sinclair

I'd rather be a "doughboy" though—anything but an artilleryman, for I hate shells and solid shot.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864 » by Lemuel Abijah Abbott

However, he was compelled to leg it at the point of an American bayonet in the hands of an American doughboy.
Extract from : « The War Romance of the Salvation Army » by Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

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