Definition of "common soldier" []

• An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• ""Thunderer's ballocks, Sergeant, but we're getting a poor sort of common soldier these days.""
• "The Theban hoplites drilled endlessly and, whether common soldier or wealthy cavalryman, were ruled by iron discipline."
• "‘One is a common soldier named Theoparlis, another is the King’s lover, Nicanor; the third is a soldier called Antipater - he it was who led the charge against the Paiones."