Usually means: Experienced military veteran, often retired.
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  1. old soldier: Merriam-Webster
  2. old soldier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. old soldier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. old soldier: Wiktionary
  5. old soldier: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. old soldier: Legal dictionary

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  1. old soldier: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (old soldier)

noun:  (also figurative) A former soldier, or one who has served for a long time.
noun:  Someone with a lot of experience in something; an old hand.
noun:  (US, slang) The butt of a smoked cigar, or an empty bottle of liquor.
noun:  (slang) A bottle whose contents are drunk at a single sitting.

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