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Meanings of unlettered soldier in English

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Usage of unlettered soldier in English
1
Genius and learning were incapable of moving a fierce unlettered soldier, but they had served to elevate and harmonize the soul of Longinus.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
2
The feelings of the reprieved and unlettered soldier were too strong for his words to utter; he shook the hand of his deliverer and wept.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 23
3
'It is a result ever to be expected,' said Gracchus, 'so long as mankind will prefer an ignorant, unlettered soldier as their ruler.
Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra
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