soldier
soldier soldier of fortune a person who works as a soldier for any country or group that will pay them; a mercenary; the term is first recorded in 1661.
what the soldier said isn't evidence proverbial saying, mid 19th century, meaning that hearsay evidence alone cannot be relied on, originally as a reference to Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers, when the judge admonishes Sam Weller, ‘You must not tell us what the soldier, or any other man, said…it's not evidence.’
See also the first duty of a soldier, old soldiers never die, Unknown Soldier at unknown.
what the soldier said isn't evidence proverbial saying, mid 19th century, meaning that hearsay evidence alone cannot be relied on, originally as a reference to Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers, when the judge admonishes Sam Weller, ‘You must not tell us what the soldier, or any other man, said…it's not evidence.’
See also the first duty of a soldier, old soldiers never die, Unknown Soldier at unknown.
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