as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface
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Recent Examples of dogface
Fewer know the beer-spewing moment a TV camera lingers upon a friend, or relative, on inglorious display, with feathers, horns, dogface, or fur; clad as pirate, or leprechaun, feisty in top-hat and tails.
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Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami.
—Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami.
—Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogface
Noun
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What may have been a Roman soldier's monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
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An action-adventure flick directed by J.C. Chandor for Netflix, Triple Frontier follows a group of former special-ops soldiers who — feeling financially undervalued for their years spent in military service — decide to get what's rightfully theirs by robbing a drug lord.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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By the time Dragon Ball Super rolls around, Goku is fighting cosmic gods in his quest to save the world and become the strongest warrior in existence.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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The party’s antitrust warriors may be marginalized, but there’s one space where personnel really has become policy: AI and crypto regulation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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The 55-year-old former fighter pilot in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force spent 141 days in space in 2015.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Giving Ken lane-change abilities makes the character feel like a fighter who truly belongs in a Fatal Fury title.—
Jeffrey L. Wilson,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Dogface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogface. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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