a boast of soldiers
- Subject
- soldier (soldiers)
- Category
- People → Occupations & roles
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- Boste (1486)
Collective noun
boast
Also spelled Boste (1486)
What do you call a group of soldiers?
a boast of soldiers
- Used for
- 1 subject
- Categories
- People
- Subcategories
- Occupations & roles
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Boste of sadyours”.
Other senses of the word: boast on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
Related words
No other collective nouns recorded for these subjects.