yodha : [m.] a soldier.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Yodha [cp. Vedic yodha; fr. yudh] a warrior, soldier, fighter, champion Vin i.73 (yodhā yuddh' âbhinandino . . . pabbajjaŋ yāciŋsu); J i.180; Miln 293.
   -- ājīva one who lives by battle or war, a soldier S iv.308=A iii.94; A i.284; ii.170, 202; iii.89 sq. (five kinds); Sn 617, 652; Pug 65, 69. -- hatthin a war elephant DhA i.168.

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