Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unidentified soldier killed in war and chosen to be interred with national honors as a representative of all those who died in a war.
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- proper noun US The WWI soldier whose body is buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- proper noun US The representative of US military personnel who have died, usually in war, without proper burial.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial
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After all, if we could break up the Minsk Square - why it was named so is another story - and, along with it the Unknown Soldier as well, we could do anything to any heritage site.
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