Soldateska

== German == === Etymology === 17th century, from Italian soldatesca. Doublet of soldatisch, which has quite the opposite sense of “soldierly”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zɔl.daˈtɛs.ka/ === Noun === Soldateska f (genitive Soldateska, plural (rare) Soldatesken) (obsolete, collective) soldiers, army (derogatory) a band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers (by abstraction) the mentality of such soldiers, the marauding and war crimes themselves ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: soldateska